September 13, 2008
Posted: 05:30 PM ET

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A Palin aide confirmed details of her foreign travel Saturday.
A Palin aide confirmed details of her foreign travel Saturday.

(CNN) – Sarah Palin did not visit troops in Iraq, a spokesperson for the Republican VP nominee confirmed Saturday, as new details emerged about the extent of the Alaska governor’s foreign travel.

In July of last year, Palin left North America for the first time to visit Alaskan troops stationed in Kuwait. Palin officials originally said her itinerary included U.S. military installations or outposts in Germany and Kuwait, and that she had visited Ireland. An Alaska spokeswoman for Palin had said Iraq was also one of the stops on that trip.

The Boston Globe reported Saturday that Palin visited the Iraqi side of a border crossing — but never journeyed past the checkpoint.

Earlier: McCain defends Palin's experience level

Earlier, campaign aides confirmed reports that Palin’s time in Ireland on that trip had actually been a re-fueling stop.

(UPDATED with campaign statement after the jump)

The Obama camp – which has increasingly accused the McCain campaign of deliberately lying in ads and on the stump – was quick to highlight to that story, along with a news report that explored whether the McCain campaign have been sending out wildly inflated crowd estimates.

The McCain team has twice pointed to law enforcement as the source for those estimates – but the same officials denied to Bloomberg News that they had provided the numbers cited by the Republican nominee’s campaign.

"The McCain campaign said Governor Palin opposed the Bridge to Nowhere, but now we know she supported it,” said Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor in a statement. “They said she didn't seek earmarks, but now we know she hired a lobbyist to get millions in pork for her town and her state. They said she visited Iraq, but today we learned that she only stopped at the border. Americans are starting to wonder, is there anything the McCain campaign isn't lying about?”

A Palin spokesperson also confirmed Saturday that the governor had visited Mexico on a personal vacation trip. She has also visited Canada.

UPDATE: The McCain-Palin campaign issued a statement late Saturday in which they said Palin had traveled into Iraq, although she did not go beyond the border crossing:

"Last summer, Governor Palin travelled to Kuwait where she visited Alaskan National Guard troops deployed to the war in Iraq at Camp Arifjen. While she was there she travelled to the K Crossing on the Kuwait-Iraq border, and a quarter mile into Iraq. According to the General who travelled with her, while she was there she presided over a re-enlistment ceremony of an Alaskan National Guard soldier. En route back to the United States, she travelled to Ramstein Air Base in Germany. While in Germany, Governor Palin visited wounded soldiers at the Landstuhl military hospital. She then returned home. She has also visited Canada, as well as Mexico for a vacation."

Filed under: Sarah Palin


Enough!!!   September 14th, 2008 1:01 pm ET

Child please.

show   September 14th, 2008 10:22 am ET

unbelievable! palin is really a liar, and anyone who would continue to listen to her inflated stories and actually believe her or mcsame are kidding themselves..

nikki   September 14th, 2008 9:44 am ET

yea, she's a liar….that is a qualification for the white house!!

DonnieJ   September 14th, 2008 8:49 am ET

Doesn't know what the Bush Doctrine is.

Only visited Mexico and Canada – on vacations.

Visited troops (no foreign leaders) in Kuwait.

"Can see Russia" from her home state.

Seriously, people. Does this person really have what it takes to negotiate with foreign leaders?

She may be great at shooting the breeze with a Wal-Mart greeter, but we are talking about being a heartbeat away from the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES here! To all Palin lovers – snap out of it!!

Maybe if we were in a time of solid world peace would it be OK to have someone with ZERO foreign policy/relations credibility, but that time is not now.

LJinLACA   September 14th, 2008 2:58 am ET

It is absolutely unbelievable that the American voter is so confused by this presidential race.

An astounding 4 trillion dollar increase in the national debt – now 9 TRILLION dollars!

It threatens all of us left unchecked – let's vote to fix this.

Palin is being used, and willingly going along with the shell game being played on the country.

Most of us have been to more foriegn countries than Paylin.

The minimum requirement
For running for office she meets, as most of us do.

I would rather have more intelligence than less, more education than less, and a better plan than a worse plan.

If we apply that LOGIC, we will all benefit from the outcome. We expect this, and we are taught to strive for this.

This election WILL be a referendum on the state of mind of the American people.

I personally believe more people will vote based on choosing the best qualified candidate.

I don't believe the less educated, worse plan for pulling this country out of this nose dive will succeed.

Popularity, fiscal ignorance, and a desire to continue trying to occupy every country who doesn't accept our way of life is not the answer.
The USA is not going to rid the world of a mindset of individuals estimated to be as large as 1/3 of the U.S. population.

We are not going to put Americans back to work by adding CAFTA to the job vacuum.

If you seriously consider these simple points, you will know in your heart who you should vote for. What happens in the voting booth is all up to you.

Mike   September 14th, 2008 1:20 am ET

Republicans can never take the blame for anything! The last 8 years is proof of that. Sara Palin did not have a scripted speach in front of her this time and it really showed. However, Republicans will blame it all on Charles Gibson. It was not Palin fault she could not handle some basic questions about what kind of Vice President she would be. What a typical Rush Limbagh like reaction to this interview. Rush, Hannity and the rest of the conservative talking heads have taught Republicans that it is so much easier to shift or deflect blame for republican failures on others. Nothing is ever their fault. The economy, the mortgage crisis, unemployment, Iraq, inflation is all someone elses creation. Never mind the fact that republicans have been in charge of all components of government the last 8 years. They will blame the democrates because they had a one vote majority in Congress. They don't want you to know that they have either filibustered or had Bush veto any changes proposed by the democrates. It is time to vote out the irresponsible republicans from the White House, Vote out the obstructionist republicans from the Senate, and anywhere else you can boot them out from. Unless you are happy with the state of our Nation. Vote for a new direction. Vote out the failure and incompetance of the Republican party.

ny   September 14th, 2008 12:38 am ET

what else is new…liar, liar

DA   September 13th, 2008 11:09 pm ET

LOL…these guys are the biggest liars in a campaign I have seen in a long time. Palin tried to tie those personal trips to Mexico and Canada like they were trips on Government business when Charlie asked her that question the other night. I knew he should have asked if they were personal trips!!! LOL…she is a FAKE!!!

Turn the lights back on   September 13th, 2008 10:49 pm ET

I think there are a few other questions that should be asked, when it comes to Sarah Palin…
How many states has she visited prior to her nomination?
How much time has she spent in Washington DC?
My guess would be not many or much.

I lived in Alaska for a year and a half and during that time, I realized how out of touch with the 'Lower 48′ many of the people and policies are there. Do we really want someone talking foriegn policy with other nations that may not even know her own country very well?

I haven't heard any mention of how or if she would be able to adjust to life in DC. The adjustment to a move to the "Lower 48″ for Alaskans is often a challenge and Govenor Palin didn't even want to move to the City when she was elected as Alaska's Govenor. How are she and her family (most of which have never lived outside of a 7,000 person town), going to adjust and will she be ready to run a country under those conditions? The move out of the tundra and into the heat of DC has the potential to take it's toll on anyone.

Remember that the VP is a representative of our Nation and should be able to represent us well. Can you imagine the laughing stock that the US could become, with the beauty queen and the self-proclaimed "First Dude" (with no college education that I am aware of) representing us at UN and other international functions?

Danielle   September 13th, 2008 10:45 pm ET

is it me, or does anyone else realize that Palin is a liar. I really don't think that John Mccain did his homework when he chose her. He just wanted a pretty face, not someone that was actually the best choice, with experience. if anyonne get a chance they should go to adn.com( ankorage daily news) and see how many anti-Palin supporters from her state there is and all the lies that she has told the people of Alaska, and how many of them don't support her. If she was so great she would have many more supporters from Alaska. I even read that her mother-in -law said she isn't sure if she wants to vote for her. If she was such a great law maker than her mom- in -law wouldn't have a doubt of who to vote for.

Sig, Los Angeles CA   September 13th, 2008 10:39 pm ET

Hmm… why so quiet? More lies.

Ericka   September 13th, 2008 10:36 pm ET

It saddens me that McCain (who at one time seemed to have unshakable integrity in the political arena) has now resorted to lying and smeer tactics just to win. If he really believes in putting country first, he should at least have enough respect for his fellow countrymen to tell the truth.

KCarroll   September 13th, 2008 10:34 pm ET

While Govenor Palin may be good for the GOP, she is no good for the country. There are too many inconsistencies with her record from global warming, her trip to Iraq, earmark spending, and the infamous Bridge to Nowhere. The Republican base only began to rally around Senator McCain after her nomination, which questions the base's loyalty to their Presidential candidate. What frightens me is if Senator McCain is elected, Govenor Palin would be the next person in line should something happen to Mccain. She is far too under educated to lead the United States. Her selection appears to be a ploy on the part of the McCain campaign to win at all cost, even at the expense of the American people. I hear more ploitical rhetoric fron the GOP candidates, more devisive remarks about Senator Obama, and less specifics on how McCain and Palin would lead the Country into the future. We've gone from Swiftboat politics to Lipstick politics and I'm not willing to pucker up and kiss our future goodbye

Obama Biden '08   September 13th, 2008 10:34 pm ET

Good grief. A new day, a new lie. Is this what we have to look forward to from now until November?

Chris Doerfler   September 13th, 2008 10:33 pm ET

Is anybody else seeing that this woman is just a cookoo and not experienced to even be governor of Alaska!?

josh   September 13th, 2008 10:33 pm ET

citizens get the leaders they deserve. there is nothing the republicans have to offer.They outrightly lie & journalists and 50% of Americans think she is cool. the real problem is Americans are not ready for a black president and palin just gives these people an excuse to vote reoublican. sad day for human race is coming 4th november.

Johnny   September 13th, 2008 10:32 pm ET

God bless us all if she becomes the Vice President. Dick Chenny will look like Mother Theresa!

Stephanie Mpls, MN   September 13th, 2008 10:32 pm ET

Is this for real?? It is like bad joke! They must think the people of this country are so stupid. And if they get elected, then I have little faith that things can or will get better.

On two separate trips, I have been to Mexico, St. Maarten and St. Thomas. I guess I have as much, if not more foreign experience than she does. Point is, it is one lie or complete exaggerating so as not to even resemble the truth after another with these people. Give me a break!

Will18E   September 13th, 2008 10:31 pm ET

It isn't that she just lied, but at the time she had the Alaskan National Guard lie for her too about her itinerary. Get ready for corruption if elected V.P.

Jen VA   September 13th, 2008 10:30 pm ET

wow another lie pertaining to Palin…what a surprise

West Virginians For Obama   September 13th, 2008 10:30 pm ET

Lies, lies and more lies from the McCain campain. And someone needs to sew Sarah Palin's mouth shut.

Obama/Biden 2008

Get Real   September 13th, 2008 10:30 pm ET

Lies Lies Lies…..now I see why McCain (sorry McSame) picked her.

What a joke of a team….

Obama/Biden 08 & 2012

Adam   September 13th, 2008 10:29 pm ET

Good. We just ousted Iraq's old dictator. It doesn't need a new one.

Go away Palin   September 13th, 2008 10:28 pm ET

Oh gee, yet another lie Palin has told. This is getting old and is utterly disgraceful. Her interview with Gibson made one thing clear, Gibson would be a better VP! She used the words 'gonna' and 'somethin' quite frequently. Does the think using slang is appropriate as the prospective VP of our country? She sounded like a moron and never answered the questions unless Gibson really pushed her to give a straight answer. The smoke and mirrors will only carry you so far, Sarah. It's time to go back to Alaska and do what you do best – eat mooseburgers.

B   September 13th, 2008 10:26 pm ET

Please stop McCain / Palin from destroying Social Secrity !!

Heidi   September 13th, 2008 10:26 pm ET

Palin herself always said she went to Kuwait, not Iraq. Just because her spokesperson is wrong, doesn't mean she is. Get over it liberal media, she is a "rock star" amongst all the people you have alienated!

Misty   September 13th, 2008 10:25 pm ET

Sarah Palin claims to be a Soccer Mom, but none of her kids play Soccer!!!!

Which kid is suppose to be playing Soccer???
Track in the Army?
Bristol knocked up with a baby?
The 4 month old with Down Syndrome?
The girl that's around 6 years old?
Or the other young teen girl, who is too busy taking care of the baby, because her mom is never around???

AUC   September 13th, 2008 10:25 pm ET

WHY won't the media, CNN included just tell the American people that this lady is NOT qualified and stop the LIES about her experience. The American people deserve better than this in order to know the truth BEFORE the election NOT AFTER!!! Who is surprised!!!!!!!

STOP the MADDess and hype over this chick and tell the TRUTH about her. WE deserve nothing less!!!!

Obama/Biden 08/12

Plain Sarah   September 13th, 2008 10:23 pm ET

So what else do the McCain/Palin Handlers have to hide at first, only to reveal later on when the going gets tough for their team? Did John actually know that his running mate is not being too honest about her claims such as her trip to Iraq to visit the troops? If Sarah is an agent of change as she claims she is, who will shake up Washington if she gets there, why does she allow herself to be muzzled by the political handlers of her party who admitted "…this is our campaign and we will do what we think is best…" or something to that effect?
As a woman, I am so insulted by her meek submission to the handlers running the campaign, who, no doubt will run Washington if this team is elected.
I am scared for the next four years…
But there is hope. There are more intelligent and concerned citizens in this country.

Melissa   September 13th, 2008 10:23 pm ET

Sarah Palin is campaigning across the Country!
Todd Palin is in the middle of a Snow Moble Race!

Who in the World is taking care of their 4 month old child with Down Syndrome???? Who???

Who was there when Bristol Palin got pregnant while 16???

If you can't take care of your own family, you shouldn't be telling everyone else what to do with theirs!!! And if you can't deal with the Problems in your own Family, then you definetely can't deal with the Problems of the Country or the World!!!

Pain, Go back to Alaska and be the Soccer Mom you Claim to Be!!!!

Lorna, NY   September 13th, 2008 10:21 pm ET

You mean they lied? I'm shocked! NOT

Susan   September 13th, 2008 10:18 pm ET

Did anyone really expect Palin to ever tell the Truth? She doesn't even know what the Truth is! She didn't even know there was a World outside of Alaska, till some idiot named McCain introduced it to her.

For the bright future of America   September 13th, 2008 10:18 pm ET

She is another Bush. Full of lies. She has no understanding of foreign policy. It is obvious that she has been faking and winging through the interview. Letting her become V.P. and possiblly take over presidency is like the U.S. letting a blind lead the nation & world. We must stop this.

cephalus   September 13th, 2008 10:17 pm ET

We already got a government that lied us into a war in iraq,why do we need mccain and peelin?are we that dumb?
A campaign built on lies is a bad sign,other countries are watching us and this will not be good for foreign policies in the future,what foriegn government will trust these guys,after what we got now, it is really a shame that americans are clinging to known liars.
Of course a woman would be good for the ticket,but not this one,after all the known lies,if mccain should win and something happen to him which foreign power can peelin call on who knows her.
Now i do not want to bash her,but the reality is staring us in our face and is like we are blinded by lies.
WOE UNTO THOSE WHO CALL EVIL GOOD AND GOOD EVIL!

David   September 13th, 2008 10:17 pm ET

And the beat goes on. You're going down pitbull.

Betty   September 13th, 2008 10:16 pm ET

The more we learn about Palin the more there is to hate about her!

Tim   September 13th, 2008 10:16 pm ET

Lies, Sex, and Scandals!
That's the Palin Way!!!!

Phil Newton in Murphy, Oregon   September 13th, 2008 10:16 pm ET

Lying liars.

Tony   September 13th, 2008 10:13 pm ET

Where are the comments for this article?

CB   September 13th, 2008 10:13 pm ET

McCain doesn't need to lie to win…what happened to the "Straight Talk Express"? Maybe he should just stick to talking about what he has planned for the future instead of trying to bring his opponent down with Rove/Schmidt tactics – which, lets face it, brings the whole country down.

Mark   September 13th, 2008 10:11 pm ET

OK….so the Alaskan governor's aide did not know what they were talking about. Governor Pailin never claimed she was there, so you ask a confused staffer and now make a big case. Hey CNN, we know you have never made a mistake by one of your staff.

Wildly inflated crowd estimates. The estimates I have seen in the Washington Post for the Fairfax, VA were in the 15,000 range. Did Senator Obama's' estimate of 10,000 at the Nissan Pavillion were also 'wildly inflated as I saw a number of 8,400. Were the Nielsen ratings also inflated?

Can you guys do a fair job? It is very apparent that you favor one candidate. You have not asked the same questions or question with the same intensity Senator Obama's 'problems' You have taken now longer to question some silly questions about Governor Pailin (she sold the plane for a loss…when was the last time anyone sold an airplane or a car for a profit?) than the time you spent questioning Senator Obama about Reverend Wright, about his 'terrorist' connection, his home purchase, etc? Your vitrol at being wrong in guessing Senator McCain's choice of Governor Pailin, plus your wanting to be 'cool' in backing an African American candidate (even an inexperienced one) instead of looking at the issues. If Governor Pailin is unqualified, then Senator Obama is unqualified for the same reasons (two years experience), if Senator McCain is 'old school', part of the Washington establishment, etc, then Senator Biden is also from the same cloth…what 'change' are we talking about. When Senator Obama made his choice fpr VP, he went back to the 'establishment', when Senator McCain made his choice for VP, he went for the most popular governor in the US, who happens to be a female…now who proved they are seeking change?

CNN and other news media (both liberal and conservative) seem to be in a feeding frenzy, just to get higher ratings. Both campaigns have made errors and given out wrong/incorrect/distorted information. Your job is to report the true facts and not editorialize. As Sgt Friday used to say "just the facts" ….we the people can make our own mind, without your patronizing editorials

Farrell, Houston, Tx   September 13th, 2008 10:11 pm ET

Ambition is one thing but out right lying won't get Palin in the White House. I wouldn't trust Palin with my own child.

sick and tired   September 13th, 2008 10:11 pm ET

Why am I not surprised? Just keep on talking. I hope all you silly women that think she is all that will just open your eyes a little bit before she makes a fool out of all of you.

Kim   September 13th, 2008 10:10 pm ET

The Republicans and McCain where attacking Obama for not having returned to Iraq for a period of 900 or so days until his recent summer visit there. Now we learn that Palin has never even been inside of Iraq. She has never seen the situation on the ground there. What a double standard! The media isn't being unfair to Palin, if anything they aren't scrutinizing her record enough. Her candidacy is just one big deception!

MB   September 13th, 2008 10:10 pm ET

And the lies keep on coming

changing times   September 13th, 2008 10:10 pm ET

I'm sick of all this lying and manipulation. Trying to fool the American people with smoke screens and distractions. It's reprehensible and John McCAin should be ashamed of his dishonorable VP pick and sleazy campaign. What happened to "Country First". What a joke!

Shrimp Barnicles:Longlsland, NY   September 13th, 2008 10:09 pm ET

Someone close to McCain was asked what made Palin qualify for foreign policy credentials. And the person said Alaska is in close proximity to Russia. Can you believe that? The fact that I can stand in New Jersy and see the sky scrappers in New York doesn't mean I qualify as a mayor for New York. Stand in Alaska and look toward Russia and what you see is polar bears. Putin and others live in Moscow.

GOP No Beef - House of Cards   September 13th, 2008 10:09 pm ET

Mission Accomplished: More GOP distortions for rhetoric and sound bites. Then, CNN and the rest of the media sheep go on and report it. Why haven't we heard anything about Palin's pastor and religion? Rev. Wright was in every news cycle for two months after Super Tuesday and he's far more mainstream. GOP, bring on the lies and sleeze, because its all words and no substance… more of the McSame. What qualities does Palin bring to the ticket? Oh, yah, ultra right wacko.

lala   September 13th, 2008 10:09 pm ET

LIARS!!!!

molly in MN   September 13th, 2008 10:08 pm ET

I don't care where she visited. Even if she visited every country in the world, that wouldn't change the danger we would face if she and McCain were elected. These two would get us into WWIII so fast we wouldn't know what hit us. What's worse they would do it over religion and ideals rather for our own protection. America has big enough problems right now without a couple of right wing fundementalist Christians getting us into another war because someone disagreed with their narrow world view.

By the way – I like how Biden release 10 years of his tax returns while all we hear from the republican side about their lives is "That's no one's business." What happened to transparency? McCain was partially right to compare Obama to Britiny Spears – their lives are open books.

One last comment that I have been trying to make for days. McCain and Palin have degrees in war and journalism respectively. Obama is educated in constitutional law. Who do you think has a better understanding of the constitution? I WANT TO HEAR MORE REPORTING ON THE EDUCATION LEVEL OF THE CANDIDATES – I DON'T WANT ANOTHER IDIOT "C" STUDENT IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

lou-dallas   September 13th, 2008 10:08 pm ET

…ok, and this Iraq thing is brought up because of……..?? C'mon, why is this brought up…!!??

"Mission Accomplished"   September 13th, 2008 10:07 pm ET

More GOP distortions for rhetoric and sound bites. Then, CNN and the rest of the media sheep go on and report it. Why haven't we heard anything about Palin's pastor and religion? Rev. Wright was in every news cycle for two months after Super Tuesday and he's far more mainstream. GOP, bring on the lies and sleeze, because its all words and no substance… more of the McSame.

Fisayo Fadelu, Houston Texas.   September 13th, 2008 10:04 pm ET

Interesting! As an evangelical christian, its just sickening now to watch people of faith wholeheartedly embrace a campaign built on lies.
What example are we setting for our children for Christ's sake? – that the only way to succeed is to taint your morals? That a good fight is impossible, and an honorable win unachievable?

Do we actually vote based on values or just our party? Are we principled people or just hypocrites /pharisees. Does a sin automatically become acceptable because it is committed by one of our own.

Lastly, if the every generation handed over a weak and torn America to the next, would we have such a great nation today?

2008 is not about party, or personality. Its about a duty to make this nation a better and more untied place that we met it.

But, when a politician (even one from my "favored" party) toys, and games with that just to win an election, there is where I selflessly draw the line, for me, my children and the America of the future.

God Bless America!

Shannon   September 13th, 2008 10:04 pm ET

The campaign admits they are liars. Why did it take so long?

April in Texas   September 13th, 2008 10:03 pm ET

Well isnt that special another fib or bold face lie.. Thou shalt not lie…

Obama/Biden 08

Luis Espinosa   September 13th, 2008 10:01 pm ET

I just now realize who Sarah Palin is reminding me of, Kathleen Harris the former Sec/State of Florida. She has the physical appeal factor going and is eating up the publicity, but not much on substance. I think the Republican party took the gamble to try and neutralize Obama's rock star status. And it has worked. But for how long? She was tapped on the shoulder rather than going through a 19 month vetting process with the american people, countless debates, and many, many interviews. The people chose Obama. McCain and the Republican party chose Palin. But the day of reckoning will come and her publicity show will wear off.

Rich   September 13th, 2008 10:01 pm ET

I have visited Mexico (spent a day in Tijuana) and Canada – (a bus trip to a casino from Detroit). I have been to France -4 days, and Spain -3days and oh on the way back to the states we stopped in London. I guess I have as much foreign policy experience as PALIN. Finally, I know for certain I have never asked or accepted earmarks, IF I was a Republican I could be on the ticket as a potential vp. -

Vote for Barack "Barry " Obama

RG Adams   September 13th, 2008 10:00 pm ET

And now we learn that she thinks that we may have to go to war with Russia if Russia invades Georgia. Certainly, she is thinking that the Russians are contemplating seizing Atlanta and Savannah.

Would anyone in her camp want to bet that she can place South Ossetia on the map?

Marie   September 13th, 2008 10:00 pm ET

Wow, what a depth of knowledge of foreign cultures she must have gleaned in her extensive travels. And yes, that's sarcasm.

Shannon   September 13th, 2008 9:59 pm ET

It's too late Obama. Complain all you want. America made up their mind on Sarah Palin when she gave her speech.

You should have picked Hillary. Too bad your pride wouldn't let you.

James   September 13th, 2008 9:57 pm ET

How many more lies/scandals can come out her mouth before people realize that shes lieing right to our faces.

Gigi   September 13th, 2008 9:57 pm ET

HERE WE GO AGAIN….OH THE TANGLE WEBS WE WEAVE WHEN WE FIRST ATTEMPT TO DECEIVE…..

satti   September 13th, 2008 9:55 pm ET

The McCain campaign including McCain himself are a bunch of losers. They will exaggerate alot and deny anything that does not benefit them. The Republican party is known for lying, belittling people and also are known for the fear mongering tactics. But I am surprised that majority of the people of the United States of America and so illiterate and narrowminded.

Fee from PA   September 13th, 2008 9:55 pm ET

These people are such liars. I don't know how they can run for a POTUS and VPOTUS with all of this deception. I know people are human and they can make mistakes…but come on! This is madness and they release/reveal this type of information over the weekend because they think people aren't paying attention.

We are watching…the world is watching!

Obama/Biden '08….the only choice for me

Please Listen   September 13th, 2008 9:54 pm ET

Once again another lie from Palin. I do not understand why people are rallied up by this women. Not one issue that a person said that they like about her has stood above water. I believe if all of her supports stood back a look at her record they how to ask themselves why am I voting for these people. Remember that is why they vote for Bush twice because they thought they could relate to him. And look at us know. If someone could tell me one thing that she said she did that was not a lie. Other than she love guns and she is Pro Life. Just one. I will wait for this response.

Funk for Obama   September 13th, 2008 9:53 pm ET

Big shocker. The McCain camp is telling stories. The last few days have been pretty disgusting from his camp.

carol, NC   September 13th, 2008 9:53 pm ET

Just lie, lie, lie lie. What is wrong with the republicans. They all just lie

Deme   September 13th, 2008 9:51 pm ET

Woo. this is not goof. To have not even traveled to Iraq all the way and actually do something.. doesn't look good for the picture.

Black man (Iraq veteran) in Florida   September 13th, 2008 9:51 pm ET

SHAMEFULL !

Obama / Biden 08′

diamond   September 13th, 2008 9:49 pm ET

obamas camp just cant stand the fact that she is a better person to be vp than he is to be the president. and if anything what makes him the the best pick for president obamas supporters would try to ruin anyone who was running but i dont think all his big speaches is gonna help him anymore he is done he old news (with his back ground hes got to be joking )her back ground aint even close to the dirt he has on him (she looks like mary mother of jesus compared to obama)

rob   September 13th, 2008 9:48 pm ET

Seriously…is anyone suprised by this continued fact stretching (a.k.a. lying) anymore? This has become par for the course with McCain and Palin.

What a sad statement about we Americans that nearly half of us would rather believe these lies even when they are proven wrong and continue to support the lying politicians. What would make us think that they'd be any more authentic if they actually ran the country?

Absolute power corrupts. And, in Palin and McCain's case, it would seem that the pursuit of power does too!

Laura   September 13th, 2008 9:48 pm ET

I wish everybody would stop making moutains out of molehills. The important thing is that the Governor visited the troops in Germany and Kawait. She went to Iraq but only to the border. So??

Obama hasn't exactly been the example of going to Iraq and Afganistan now has he? He had to be prodded to go on the last trip by Senator McCain who rightly pointed out that it had been months since he had gone; yet, he was back home commenting on the surge and its failure like he had been there weekly!

So Sarah Palin will travel and learn once they are elected. She will bring a breathe of fresh air to foreign countries. They will be glad to have a woman to deal with who is just a strong as Margaret Thachter was or Golden Mier.

Laura, Boston, MA

Mike   September 13th, 2008 9:47 pm ET

The Republicans credibilty is being reduced to ashes. The garbage that they are airing is so intensely and obviously false that I cannot fathom that any thinking voter is going to believe anything they say anymore.

Actually, the funniest part of this story to me was the fact that they tried to say that she had visited Ireland, when it turns out that she was there only for a refueling stop! I guess that gives her expert qualifications on the energy economy in Europe.

This is like a bad dream.

Jacqueline   September 13th, 2008 9:47 pm ET

It would be nice if we could trust her to tell the truth. How are we supposed to make an educated decision with all the lies being slashed about.

Ralph   September 13th, 2008 9:44 pm ET

I never heard her say she had been to Iraq? Mexico, Canada and Kuwait was all I heard.

marcus   September 13th, 2008 9:44 pm ET

The same old republican party, try to smear the oppisition, and lie about a vice-presidential candities national securitry experience. They always have wanted it both ways.

DAR   September 13th, 2008 9:44 pm ET

so?

Wathcful Enthusiast........   September 13th, 2008 9:43 pm ET

Wow… More is yet to come..

JOfromATLforObamaBiden   September 13th, 2008 9:43 pm ET

MORE LIES, I WAS WATCHING CNN PALIN REVEALED AND THEY SAID THAT SHE ACTUALLY ELOPED WITH HER HUSBAND AND APARENTLY SHE WAS PREGNANT WHEN SHE GOT MARRIED.

THIS IS WHAT THE REPUBLICANS WANT. A PERSON THAT LOVES TO KILL ANIMALS….WAS PREGNANT WHEN SHE GOT MARRIED..HOW CAN SHE EXPECT MORE FROM HER DAUGHTER WHEN SHE MADE THE SAME MISTAKE TOO.

Richie   September 13th, 2008 9:43 pm ET

You know, you can SEE Russia from Alaska. Don't see no NUKES.

kennymac   September 13th, 2008 9:41 pm ET

I can always tell when Palin is lying…….her lips are moving.

chris tomberlin   September 13th, 2008 9:41 pm ET

It seems to me CNN has become quite enamored with Sara Palin–covering her as you might cover Britney or Paris. Be the coverage for or against, I am tired of hearing her name all day in every context–her background…her daughter…her infant son…her military son…her former life…how she does the mom thing…and on and on. It is like reading People magazine. What happened to the two presidential candidates?

Flander Annapollis   September 13th, 2008 9:41 pm ET

It is obvious that the media is sooooooo in lust with this female, that she will lie her way into the White House. Johnny better look out. She is too sneaky to be put back in the bottle.

Chris   September 13th, 2008 9:41 pm ET

I've visited Mexico and Canada too…and a number of other countries!!! Guess what? I also lie sometimes. Does that make me qualified to be the Vice Presidential nominee too?

steve post   September 13th, 2008 9:40 pm ET

There are no lies here. I've travelled more than Obama and Palin put together. perhaps I should be the candidate for president or Vice President. I think not!

Matthew Zavacky   September 13th, 2008 9:40 pm ET

Dick Cheney in a skirt!

Nelle   September 13th, 2008 9:38 pm ET

I continue to be insulted as a woman and an American that John McCain picked this woman to be his running mate. He must think that all of us are ignorant, not just the Walmart moms.

John   September 13th, 2008 9:38 pm ET

When I was in the Air Force, I was deployed to Saudi Arabia for 6 months. I deployed to Iraq for 5 months. I was stationed in South Korea for a year, and on Okinawa for 2 years. Additionally, on the different trips and flights I took from base to base, I had refueling stops or layovers in Ireland, England, Germany, Italy, Egypt, Kuwait, Qatar, and Taiwan.

By McCain standards, I'm a foreign policy expert qualified to be vice president.

April   September 13th, 2008 9:38 pm ET

Wow! Gov. Palin is quite the world traveler….Kuwait, Mexico and Canada..oh and she stopped once for fuel in Ireland….let's see I've been to Japan, Thailand, Cuba, Spain, Indonesia, China, Canada, Mexico, Ireland, Wales, United Kingdom. I have more Foreign Policy experience than she does!!

Tired of the lies   September 13th, 2008 9:38 pm ET

What a liar!!!!!!…..whats next?

PE   September 13th, 2008 9:38 pm ET

What else are they lying about? Americans, wake up. If all these lies were coming from the Obama camp there would be an uproar. This is just to show how racist this country is.

Jon Little   September 13th, 2008 9:37 pm ET

Palin can not be put in a high position. You undecide voters need to look up on the internet who J. McCain really is, there is one video on youtube from back in the day where he call a women testifying before congress a B&t#$ and a W*&^#. Are you kiddin me!!

Sean, Atl   September 13th, 2008 9:37 pm ET

Liar, liar Dress on fire!

RO   September 13th, 2008 9:36 pm ET

How can you not know where you have been? This is a blagrant lie…intent to mislead the Americans. Now we find out she didn't go to Ireland…only for a fuel stop? Why the lie on that? I have lost more trust in her.

Wake up Dems...It is Countdown time! Obama all the way!!   September 13th, 2008 9:35 pm ET

Heck….Is that all the credentials you need these days to run for Vice President? My guy has travelled to over half of Europe, all over North America etc, does that mean he knows a thing or two about foreign politics? Yes! now i can stick next to my guy in his run for the white house in four years…

CO11BANG   September 13th, 2008 9:33 pm ET

Im a two time Infantry Iraq vet who use to have respect for McCain. Now I see him for what he is. A LIAR.

Jake   September 13th, 2008 9:33 pm ET

It was obvious from the beginning that this VP choice, while bold, and upbeat for conservatives was doomed for failure. I think we can expect a lot more from Gov Palin. Wait till the media catch on to her "wonder years" before she was governor. She is not that sweet honey hockey mom that the republicans thought she was. Ron Paul might just be able to pull some votes away there from McCain and lipstick.

Dee   September 13th, 2008 9:32 pm ET

Both McCain and Palin have problem telling the truth!!!

They both claim to be a Christians and they both tell lie after lie after lie even after the media exposes the lie they still continue to lie.

Is this how they will run the White House?

Claude   September 13th, 2008 9:31 pm ET

How many more lies will this woman be caught in? The reality is Sarah Palin was chosen for purely political reasons. She has NO qualifications to serve as vice president, and God forbid if she should ever have to serve as president. McCain has severely damaged his repuation. He did not put country first. He put getting elected first.

Anonymous   September 13th, 2008 9:29 pm ET

palin sounded stupid in her interview with Gibson, thank goodness barbara walters had the right questions for mccain, what in this world dose palin have to offer , nothing but stupid remarks, send her back to alaska.

knownauthor   September 13th, 2008 9:28 pm ET

How is she going to weasel out of the debate? That's the only question I have left about her.

l.   September 13th, 2008 9:28 pm ET

Somebody forgot to tell the American people that, lately a few south-American countries do not want any American diplomats in their countries because the USA oppose the policies of president Evo Morales who wants to nationalize OIL and GAS in Bolivia to redistribute it to the people.Apparently,the ruling elite that profits from these resources with the help of American companies is trying to pressure the president to drop these reforms trough diplomatic influence……

The world need a better leader,one that would really solve problems,instead of WAR MONGERING…..

shadowgovt   September 13th, 2008 9:28 pm ET

Yet another example of the bogus distortions and white lies told to he American people by an increasingly desperate McCain campaign. Senator McCain, the "Half Truth" express is now boarding.

Donj   September 13th, 2008 9:27 pm ET

I wonder the same thing.

ABG   September 13th, 2008 9:27 pm ET

Sarah Palin has certainly sparked some energy in the Republican campaign.

The Palin-Biden debate will be the most watched event of the year.

If Obama had chosen Hillary, his campaign would have beat McCain to the punch!

darby   September 13th, 2008 9:26 pm ET

Just another lie to add to her extensive list of lies that seem to turn up every time she opens her mouth about anything. The dumb people of America don't care anyway.

mechelle   September 13th, 2008 9:25 pm ET

More lies when what can you believe from the mccain camps. They are all liars. NO Policies, No nothing but lies.

john   September 13th, 2008 9:23 pm ET

GOVERNOR LIAR PALIN OF ALASKA.

john   September 13th, 2008 9:22 pm ET

LIAR PALIN

TheRock   September 13th, 2008 9:21 pm ET

Why is CNN not reporting on the findings of the New York Times, about Ms Palin. It's on the first page, headlined:

"Once Elected, Palin Hired Friends and Lashed Foes"
By JO BECKER, PETER S. GOODMAN AND MICHAEL POWELL

sam   September 13th, 2008 9:21 pm ET

…i was gonna vist the troops in AyRaq but Malaki said " thanks but no thanks…"

S Kirk   September 13th, 2008 9:20 pm ET

It's getting very interesting now…half-truths mixed with outright lies..Goodness…What Next? Stay tuned…….

That Other Jerry   September 13th, 2008 9:19 pm ET

So long before she became a VP candidate, she may or may not have changed her itinerary for a trip which may or may not have included Iraq. Did she by any chance have a tuna sandwich in the past six months? What other juicy details can you report about Palin in the hopes that somehow they are Significant Details which might prove to be newsworthy someday? It's the issues, stupid.

kennywest   September 13th, 2008 9:18 pm ET

This is very interesting, McCain put out an ad that condems Obama for calling Palin a pig, and defended it when asked. Now either he thinks we're stupid, he's lying, or he's stupid. Now which of these qualities do you want in a President.

Andrew from Canada   September 13th, 2008 9:18 pm ET

Surprise surprise, more lies from the Republican party. When will some Americans learn that the Republican party is the ones that got them into this mess and will only make things worse if re-elected.

Josh   September 13th, 2008 9:18 pm ET

The only reason McCain picked her is cause she is WOMAN!!! period!
How many times do you need a reminder of this people??? She met him once before he selected her as VP. She was never properly veted. She got this not because she was qualified. Come'n people McCain is trying to take advantage of disapointed DNC women. Is American woman that stupid and ignorant if they support McCain and Palin's ticket because just SHE is a WOMAN???

YES!

Why? Because the only thing they have incommon is gender. She stand against everything the women I know stand for. So if they vote for her it would be 1) because she is a women or 2) because he is black.

Black?? I guess half black but who cares about his mother's side and he doesn't even know his father as a son should know his father, he look black there for he is black right???

McCain is going to win by getting all the ignorant vote and all those ignorant voters will say, "What was I thinking?" not only for the next 4 years but for the rest of their life.

God bless the good, the bad and the ignorant.

Oh, 'Country MY AS.. FIRST" hahha my people are funny! I'm glad I married a canadian girl and moved to Canada!

Mike   September 13th, 2008 9:17 pm ET

And this is important why?

Michelle   September 13th, 2008 9:17 pm ET

Thank God for fact checkers.

Palin is scary and full of BS.
When Charlie Gibson asked her about the Bush doctrine, she smiled and tried to answer in some kind of jibber jabber….if she had any smarts of her own, she would have down what most people would have asked," Please refresh me on the Bush Doctrine?" No….she came back with some mission for our country answer? If I was interviewing her for a job at my company, if she did not know the answer or what my question was…I would hope this new hire would ask? I would end the interview and thank her for her time. Bye Bye to Palin and McCain

AJ   September 13th, 2008 9:17 pm ET

I have to call her integrity into question in this, especially given her son's deployment. What kind of example does this set? What sort of precedent?

Attempting to boost her own credentials in an altogether fraudulent way that spits in the face of Servicepeople is a tremendous sleight to each and every one of them. And to the people in this country, too.

Consider your votes, people. If you're willing to forgive a not-so-minor lie like this, what more would you let Governor Palin get away with?

Nathaniel   September 13th, 2008 9:16 pm ET

Are you kidding me? Is this truly the quality of the background searches we can expect in a McCain administration? Or is it abundantly clear now that the GOP politicos and NOT McCain are running this campaign … and thus will likely have their hands all over the staffing of the White House should they get the opportunity.

This is like me telling my friends that I once visited Utah because I had a layover at the Salt Lake City Airport on the way to California. How gullible do they think we are?… Oh yea, they think we are plenty gullible and will be easily distracted by tomorrow's new "controversy" they will concoct to take our attention away from the lies and distortions they are putting out into the press about this woman. Shame, Shame, Shame.

As a former Hillary supporter, I have seriously considered McCain as my alternative. All that campaign has done, however, is to say they are NOT interested in my vote. Where does that leave me? Back with Obama? Perhaps yes… time will tell. For now, I will remain undecided but deeply concerned about this.

Gavin   September 13th, 2008 9:15 pm ET

Hummmmmm

Another lie? Buyer beware. I think the first thing either winning candidate should do is institute a better education system (e.g. civics courses), because we are so dumb and so entrenched on popularity and good looks that we let one of the candidates make a dumb choice and pick a rabbit out of his hat as a running mate, and if he wins (and he very well may), then we've got a wacko liar as our president.

Eduction in 08′

aeh   September 13th, 2008 9:15 pm ET

Here is another LIE – come on CNN! Why are you letting them get away with all these LIES. They are laughing in American's faces, or maybe so clueless they don't know the difference between the truth and a lie. It is so upsetting.

Energetically Wrong
September 12, 2008
Palin says Alaska supplies 20 percent of U.S. energy. Not true. Not even close.

Palin claims Alaska "produces nearly 20 percent of the U.S. domestic supply of energy." That's not true.

Alaska did produce 14 percent of all the oil from U.S. wells last year, but that's a far cry from all the "energy" produced in the U.S.

Alaska's share of domestic energy production was 3.5 percent, according to the official figures kept by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

And if by "supply" Palin meant all the energy consumed in the U.S., and not just produced here, then Alaska's production accounted for only 2.4 percent.

bridgette   September 13th, 2008 9:15 pm ET

How many lies are they going to tell. I know this is the political season and everyone stretches here and there but is her name really Sarah Palin. I mean what is going to come out next. This is getting ridiculous.

rose   September 13th, 2008 9:15 pm ET

It is funny. Now the truth is beginning to sip out. It does not seem like there is any truth to her resume so far. I am waiting to see what else is false.

hitobito   September 13th, 2008 9:15 pm ET

McCain and Palin are well suited to run together, they are both liars. Truth must be an inconvenience for them. Palin and the McCain campaign claimed Gov. Palin had visited Iraq. When the Boston Globe disproved this claim…the McCain spokesman she never actually set foot in Iraq. McCain said Palin is the most knowledgeable person about energy in the country. There is nothing in her education, experience that would indicate she has nothing more than a very superficial knowledge about oil and gas. Ask her what the UNOCAL gas plants on the Kenai peninsula are producing. She won't know (answer: anhydrous ammonia and urea). Ask her the name of the vessel that transports the NH3 to the CONUS. She won't know. (answer: M/V Cornucopia). Sarah Palin is not exactly an energy expert. Her husband, Todd, sits on meetings in the Governor's office and lobbies on behalf of energy companies. The question that Palin's staffers regularly ask themselves is, "what would Todd think?". Is this the qualified candidate that has the experience to be a heartbeat away from the Presidency? No way, no how!

Leo   September 13th, 2008 9:14 pm ET

If voters can't see that this lady is a Trojan horse created by the McCain campaign that contains nothing but problems and is on almost every account a clear fraud….. then we are all in trouble, McCain-Palin are RNC cue card readers not reformers

Marie   September 13th, 2008 9:14 pm ET

She is a liar and so is her boss, McShame.

Credit Card Republicans   September 13th, 2008 9:13 pm ET

Not ready for Capital dog catcher position.

Anonymous   September 13th, 2008 9:12 pm ET

she Lies about everything, send her back to alaska!

Darnell   September 13th, 2008 9:11 pm ET

Obama sends his "wolves" into Alaska, and this is the best he could come up with. Now lets watch him deny that he had anything to do with this coming out.

Noans, South Pasadena   September 13th, 2008 9:11 pm ET

Lies, lies and more lies. ENOUGH.

Apparently "John Bush" and "D.C." Palin really are running for a third term.

LaTreetha E. Sharpley   September 13th, 2008 9:11 pm ET

I have watched and read for several days about Governor Palin. When will the media tell the truth. This person is not ready to be vice president and has lied (there I said it) about almost everything in her resume. It is time that the media took responsiblity for making sure the American voter knows the truth and just not some made up story by a political party. Please tell the facts and stop all the side stories that have nothing to do with the platform and policy of the parties. One only has to look at both of the polictical parties platform and know that Senator McCain and Governor Palin, are not telling the truth about how they would governor this nation.

d   September 13th, 2008 9:10 pm ET

OF COUSE SHE DIDN'T!!!! NEVER ASUME WITH PALIN. IT IS BEST TO WAIT OUT WHATEVER SHE SAYS TO SEE WHAT THE REAL TRUTH IS.
MY 14 YEAR OLD SON HAS MORE FOREIGN TRAVEL UNDER HIS BELT THAN PALIN!!
I AM SO GLAD SHE IS BACK ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. WE'LL SEE HOW QUICKLY SHE FALLS APART NOW, THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR HER. SHE WAS LAST WEEKS CELEBRITY,.
IT'S TIME FOR THE OBAMA CAMP TO PUT THE SCREWS TO THE MCCAIN/PALIN TICKET. EXPOSE THEM FOR WHAT THEY ARE, CHEAPSHOT LIARS.

Shannon - Independent Voter   September 13th, 2008 9:10 pm ET

This is truly outrageous, why is the mccain camp allowed to blantantly lie about this woman and her experience when they know good and well she is not qualified to be vp.

This is the scariest thing I've ever seen, mccain is so desperate to win that he is potentially putting his country in danger. I, for one, do not want to see us go to war with Russia or anyone else for that matter. This whole campaign of mccain's is a total sham. I don't think he gives a damm about any of us

Mike, retired Army   September 13th, 2008 9:10 pm ET

why can't they just tell the truth, see how can u trust her, PEOPLE PLEASE WAKE UP……………….DON'T BE A FOOL, AND FALL FOR THIS

IF SHE WAS A PERSON OF COLOR   September 13th, 2008 9:10 pm ET

IF SHE WAS A PERSON OF COLOR WHETHER ASIAN-AMERICAN, HISPANIC, ARABIC, RUSSIAN-AMERICAN, NATIVE AMERICANS OR AFRICAN AMERICANS; WHITE AMERICA WOULD BE OUTRAGED AND THERE WOULD NOT BE EVEN A DOUBT ABOUT THE ELECTION. BECAUSE SHE IS WHITE SHE IS TREATED WITH KID GLOVES, PROTECTED AND EVEN IDOLIZED. JUST LIKE WHITE AMERICA HAS DONE FOR THE PAST 8 YEARS, THEY WILL AGAIN DESTROY THE U.S.

carl hardeman   September 13th, 2008 9:09 pm ET

how can anyone vote for mcain or palin they are such a lier.

MW   September 13th, 2008 9:06 pm ET

Wow, such Morals Mizz Palin. But this does not surprise me in the least. This is a woman who thinks that sex is a sin, and semi-automatic weapons are wonderful to have in the home of every American family. Hummmm . . . sounds a little screwey to me.

I am so relieved that Obama has a strong lead in the electoral college polls. But, this election should not be this close. Hopefully people will watch the debates to help educate themselves before they vote. I am a white female that originally supported Hillary. I now support Obama, who shares the same exact values that Hillary does. I am doing my best in my small community to spread the word. Take your blinders off, and don't be fooled into voting for McCain. Seems that some of these bloggers have tunnel vision when it comes to McCain. They refuse to think outside the very small box they've confined themselves to. If you can't think outside the box, how are you ever going to "change" anything? McCain is also not thinking outside the box. He thinks that the economy is great, just like Bush does. Nothing will change if he is elected.

SK   September 13th, 2008 9:06 pm ET

OH! Great!!
Let us see that McShame and his company of LIERS are going to say for this report. It is disgusting to hear more and more about the President in heart beat away. Wake up America. It is time to ACT now!

Anne   September 13th, 2008 9:06 pm ET

Sarah Palin is an insult to the sacrifices women have made to gain more acceptable gender equality. We still have much to do, By her own admission Palin benefited from Title IX. But what has she contributed to 'walking the walk'? Aligning herself with McCain is unbridled personal ambition that mocks those of us who work hard to survive on a level playing field. We don't hide behind retro hair, heavy make-up, a shrill voice, brazen winks, and pointed finger. We're confident that we understand issues. We don't need retro props. Nor does Obama need a retro prop. Biden is out, front and center, alone. McCain needs his retro prop because, well, McCain is retro. What a sad, sad situation.

John   September 13th, 2008 9:06 pm ET

Quite interesting…No experience at all.

Sammy   September 13th, 2008 9:06 pm ET

I hope that you got my last comment. It was pretty long and didn't show up in my browser after submitting it.

JohnS   September 13th, 2008 9:05 pm ET

Let's just get use to it.

Everything Palin says is a lie.

Let's also make sure that she does not enter our White House.
A very bad place to lie.

Wake up America

Sick of it   September 13th, 2008 9:05 pm ET

Figures. How does this work. The more lies they tell, the more stupid people believe and they win?! I'm beginning to doubt her real name is Sarah.

OBAMA 08

DClaire   September 13th, 2008 9:04 pm ET

The mention of Iraq just the border, makes my blood boil. All soldier's those that died, those that come home with missing body parts, those that come home with broken hearts and minds of confusion. I recall the report on Walter Reed Hospital a filthy place of horrific conditions, this is where we bring our injured soldiers, we Americans..

D.Claire

Deborah J Phillips   September 13th, 2008 9:02 pm ET

I don't know what to believe about Palin! Hope the truth comes out before election day. Please gives us the true story!

PALIN IS DANGEROUS FOR THE U.S.   September 13th, 2008 9:02 pm ET

The foreign countries will have a field day with her. When people see that you are lost, they will take advantage of you. Our country will be taken. Get ready to speak russian or Chinese.

kimap   September 13th, 2008 9:01 pm ET

Sarah Palin is only "fools gold". Is this what the American public wants? Another four years of lies, deceptions, misquotes, etc. from our leaders. This only proves how little the Republican party and it's nominee cares about the American people and our future. Not only is McCain not about change or the future of our government. He doesn't respect his country to select a credible and honest running mate.

Clif   September 13th, 2008 9:01 pm ET

The Repblicans bring out this twit and claim she is ready to be VP and Pres. This is a sham. This woman has more baggage than LAX.She is clearly not qualified for any position. White woman claim thay can relate to Sara because they see themsrlves when they see Sara. Most black women can't even afford to let their kids play hockey.They are falling for the invisible pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. McCain put her on the dock with a fishing pole to reel in all the woman sitting on the fence. They took the bait.Most women will vote for Palin only because she is a woman. Look at the issues ladies. The Republicans don't talk about the issues because thay don't have any answers.All they want to do is sling mud to blow blow smoke up your panties.

ed   September 13th, 2008 9:01 pm ET

i knew from the beginning she was fake

Eb Mens   September 13th, 2008 9:01 pm ET

It is PATHETIC that a person like John McCain who you will think claim love his country will LIE to get to the highest office. This is serious and questionable to we the electorates. This is the biggest challenge to an electorate that are extremely less informed.

In the History of United State, this is the first time an honorable P.O.W will degrade the office of the Presidency in order to occupy it.

What happen to the media that help George Bush to take us to the war we never thought was necessary.

We have seen this movie before..remember? that it is ok to lie and the media never hold no one to their feet. The people will be the one to lose again.

America..do not wake up, keep sleeping, your Govt. is with you, you will be fine with another liar to lead us so keep sleeping.

Anonymous   September 13th, 2008 9:00 pm ET

As someone with a loved one serving in Iraq, I find it utterly reprehensible that she would lie about going there for political gain.

humgrad, iowa city, ia   September 13th, 2008 8:59 pm ET

For all those bothered by the endless discussion four years ago of whether John Kerry actually ever went into Cambodia, I hope you are equally troubled by the nit-picky discussion of whether Sarah Palin was ever in Iraq or just on the Iraq-Kuwait border.

Robert   September 13th, 2008 8:59 pm ET

Just another lie Palin has to explain. Put the jet on E-bay – but did'nt sell there, sold it through a plane broker at a big loss to state, didn't really support the promotion of condom contraception – but supported it in at least three speaches, didn't suppor the bridge to nowhere – but ran commercials showcasing it during her run for Governor, doen't support pork barrel earmarks – but took them and asked for them as Mayor of Wasilla and as Governor. Yeah she's a Maverick – a Maverick Liar.

Paul Dobro   September 13th, 2008 8:57 pm ET

Hey CNN, why not report Palin's second big interview – Sean Hannity of Fox news. Sure to be hard hitting. Must see TV.

Independent   September 13th, 2008 8:57 pm ET

WHY DO THEY KEEP LYING…This is really getting on my nerves!!!

Charles in Cincinnati   September 13th, 2008 8:56 pm ET

Ha ha ha…the McCain campaign has resorted to telling us where Gov. Palin went on vacation to shore up her credentials? Boggles the mind.

Serious question: Of all the people John McCain had to choose from when picking his VP candidate, is Sarah Palin the most qualified?

Both answers scare me.

Michelle   September 13th, 2008 8:55 pm ET

Wow what more do people need to see this lady is not ready for the Vice presidency!! It's lie, after lie after lie with this woman! Please wake up Amreica and choose Leaders who are smart, have integrity and understand that issues are more important and we need resolutions now. I am so digusted and McCain and Palin should be ashamed,

Gloria   September 13th, 2008 8:55 pm ET

Is everything about this woman a lie?

Detroit/Atlanta   September 13th, 2008 8:55 pm ET

I realize politicians can be misleading but there seems to be an abundance of lies and distractions from the McCain/Palin campaign. This would be funny if it were not such an important election. Obama/Biden may not be the perfect candidates but the thought of McCain/Palin leading the country is somewhat disturbing.

The Republicans want another shot at running the country but it's obvious they don't deserve it on the basis of the state of our economy, gas prices, unemployment, poor national education performance and the costly immoral war in Iraq.

I've heard some of Obama's proposed plans for the country but it seems like I did not hear or missed McCain's plans.
Bring of the debates.

God bless us all.

Griff   September 13th, 2008 8:55 pm ET

Feed me Crap! I eat Crap.. Read my lips. I think we lost our way… You were supposed to be on our side…

CH   September 13th, 2008 8:55 pm ET

What!! more lies

Richard W   September 13th, 2008 8:54 pm ET

Be interesting to see how many bald face lies these two can pack into the campaign. Because they are off like a greyhound out of the box at the moment.

GOP for obama   September 13th, 2008 8:54 pm ET

expose her lies for what they are…

Where are issues ?   September 13th, 2008 8:54 pm ET

This is a no-issue.

Obama recently took a 10-day World-tour to add to his credentials all Foreign Policy experience, so can Palin.

What Democrats are not talking about is the problem that they have with a small-town-American elected for VP.

C'mon Mr Obama, give chance to small-town-American, not all are BITTER.

Loyal Jane   September 13th, 2008 8:54 pm ET

I thank God that the press is finally doing its job! If they had not been timid on the iraq info the nation got from the whitehouse maybe we would not be in a war.

I appreciate them catching Hillary in a lie (snipergate) and now catching Palin in lies (trooper, and visit gate, and later on people will see Bristols baby is being claimed by a black guy). I don't appreciate the JWright-gate as it was overdone, but rezco was appropriate. I am at the point I don't care if the candidate is green, if the press does their job well we can all rest we have made good decisions on picking a president for this great nation.

Meleon   September 13th, 2008 8:54 pm ET

Between now and Nov, and even w/o the need for Obama to pull out the big guns, the McPalin ticket is going to funk up something stinky.

Mark my words…….."We ain't seen or heard nothing yet." Bombs are going to start dropping all around Sarah so much so that John McCain's gonna start having flashbacks. I'm not attempting to be a jokester here, or make sport of his military experience. Nope, I'm using the extreme to paint the picture that we're all going to witness in the coming weeks via the surprise after surprise of just who Palin truly is.

I actually feel empathy for McCain because I think-believe he's suffering from "look at me ma, I'm on top of the world!" He's finally got that one shot, and a last shot to prove to his dead father & grandfather that I'm better than an Admiral, I'm President, and to that end he's ironically play fast and lose with his honor. He's not the John McCain I voted for in 2000 by any stretch of the imagination.

That guy had principals and honour, and honesty. He owned what he said, and he said what he meant, and he apologised if he got it wrong instead of deflecting it away onto someone else. He has sold his sole for this shot, and I'm not so sure his legacy will escape being seriously beatup because of what I know is coming.

Aaron   September 13th, 2008 8:53 pm ET

Please keep a close eye on these people. They are counting on the American people to swallow the lies they continue to dish out. People still think we attacked Iraq because of 9/11 for crying-out-loud. The media needs to take it upon themselves to educate the poeple about the TRUTH. The frustration I feel when I hear people parrot these lies is unbearable. Don't let them scare you with that 'liberal media' tag. If Republicans are angry about the truth, too bad.

PCS / North Carolina   September 13th, 2008 8:53 pm ET

IN AMERICA IMAGE IS EVERYTHING. I would not be surprised, if The "Beauty and the Beast" wins this election and leads us to Armageddon.

Spare Me   September 13th, 2008 8:53 pm ET

It is a shame that they lie about EVERYTHING!!

James From Cali   September 13th, 2008 8:52 pm ET

I'm not surprised. Quite frankly I find the whole McCain-Palin campaign to be disgusting, dispecible and shameless. They are absolutely unworthy of any respect.

pathological liar   September 13th, 2008 8:51 pm ET

The McCain campaign said Gov. Palin opposed the bridge to nowhere, but now we know she supported it," said Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor in a statement. "They said she didn't seek earmarks, but now we know she hired a lobbyist to get millions in pork for her town and her state. They said she visited Iraq, but today we learned that she only stopped at the border.
Americans are starting to wonder, is there anything the McCain campaign isn't lying about?"
Get rid of these two McBumbs. Vote for Obama

NOLA Independent   September 13th, 2008 8:50 pm ET

Why are we focusing so much attention on the Vice Presidents experience level. How about Obama's experience? Running a campaign is not experience. David Duke used the same line when he was running for Governor of Louisiana. The only thing that make Obama not worthy is his race.

J fromLI   September 13th, 2008 8:49 pm ET

Another lie. America please wake up. She is bad for America. THe Republicans should not be allowed to get away with this.

Sonja Soderstrom   September 13th, 2008 8:49 pm ET

She says, "I did not blink…I would not blink…" I have always thought that stance described a poker player who is bluffing, which is the impression I got of her after watching her interview with Charlie Gibson.

Palin is Bush 2008   September 13th, 2008 8:49 pm ET

This woman is NUTS and shows just how desperate McGimmick really is.

How Pathetic!

Larry Robinson   September 13th, 2008 8:49 pm ET

So. If we accept lies as the basis for our vote, then do we even understand the common definition of democracy? I prefer to be ruled by a truth-seeking, people-oriented person who understands my daily needs– not just an image in a mirror.

Greg FL.   September 13th, 2008 8:49 pm ET

More lies from McCain.

Cyrus !   September 13th, 2008 8:48 pm ET

What next ? Are we sure this LADY is the Governor of ALASKA ! ! !

let it go   September 13th, 2008 8:47 pm ET

Just more lies, and people really want to vote for this ticket.

let it go   September 13th, 2008 8:46 pm ET

Just more lies, and really want to vote for this ticket.

texas   September 13th, 2008 8:46 pm ET

Wow, if vacations in Mexico and Canada qualifies you as an expert in foreign relations and to be vice president and president then my family should be running the country. Heck, my father in law can be UN Secretary. What a joke is the McCain/Palin ticket. It is an insult to me

Nicia D. 4 Obama   September 13th, 2008 8:46 pm ET

If we can't trust McPain to run a clean & HONEST campaign…how can we trust them to run our great country?! Sure, he served our country for years…but somewhere along the line ol' John lost his integrity.

Active Duty USAF
15.5 years
Proudly Donated To Sen Barack Obama & Can't Wait To Vote For Him!

Zach   September 13th, 2008 8:45 pm ET

Oh great, another thing this McCain/Palin camp is lying about.

Janet- New York   September 13th, 2008 8:44 pm ET

The more we learn about her, the more lies we find!!!! Goodbye Palin- go back to Alaska- you are not fit to be VP! go back to being a hockey mom!
OBAMA/BIDEN

Dr. Hurd   September 13th, 2008 8:44 pm ET

This is the first act of McCain. There should not be a second act.

Matt from Indiana   September 13th, 2008 8:44 pm ET

So basically, she hasn't had any experience with foreign policy, and has lied to us on all of it. Typical Republican……..no maverick, and the only change to Washington she will bring, is an amendment that forbids freedom.

CP, Maryland   September 13th, 2008 8:43 pm ET

Is there anything she and McMaverick haven't lied about? Ummmm, that would be no.

gary   September 13th, 2008 8:43 pm ET

wow. this woman's resume gets thinner and thinner as her so called "accomplishments" are repeatedly discredited. first the bridge to nowhere distortion of facts, no this? what's next?

Tayo   September 13th, 2008 8:42 pm ET

I am suprised by the lies McCain camp is dishing out to the American people.

I will be disappointed if American are gullible to these liars and elect these liars (McCain/palin) ticket into the white house.
'Tayo

Rob   September 13th, 2008 8:42 pm ET

The McCain campaign seems to have a new motto: LIE.

Rich   September 13th, 2008 8:41 pm ET

I'm not surprised at all. I doubt that anyone keeping track of the lies, smears, and distortion the McCain-Palin campaign have been constantly giving to the american people is surprised either.

pb   September 13th, 2008 8:41 pm ET

Horrible! This McCain-Palin ticket is full of lies. We can't trust them, period.

Shawna   September 13th, 2008 8:40 pm ET

The whole McCain campaign is a joke!

Janice Il   September 13th, 2008 8:40 pm ET

Did they actually say that she visited the troops in Iraq? This is just junk news. It is high time that the media gets on with the issues that plague or nation and stop all this drama. Let us make up are own minds, I like cnn. but it's definitely, one sided.

Pru McDonald   September 13th, 2008 8:40 pm ET

Watching the Interviews, I couldn't believe that she actually feels she's READY TO BE PRESIDENT!!!

That alone tells us how stupid she must be, how smug and cocky and arrogant… what an ego! As for her words, yes… Gibson referred to them as a bilzzard of words… She talked in circles, empty circles…

She's simply too stupid to realize how far over her head she is… it's just unbelievable!
Pru in Tigard

mike in central va   September 13th, 2008 8:40 pm ET

yeah but she does stare at an uninhabited area of russia regularly. i feel som much safer. NOT!!!

Georgia   September 13th, 2008 8:40 pm ET

Okay, she did not need to visit the entire troop at this time. She was a governor for the state of Alaska. She visited the Alaskan troops. She had more than fullfilled her duty as a governor.

Being part of a presidential ticket was not even on her mind at this point in time.

LC   September 13th, 2008 8:39 pm ET

Talk about boosting your resume. I'm beginning to think she's really delusional. How could you not keep up with what's true or not and they're not even in the White House yet? No with my vote!

Dorothy   September 13th, 2008 8:39 pm ET

I am quite sure there is a lot more to come out about Palin
This is just the tip of the Iceberg.
Mcbush is a fool anyone with an iota of knowledge knows she is underquqlified.

annonymys   September 13th, 2008 8:37 pm ET

Please stop gobbling up news time on Sarah cause we just about had enough of her. She's just like a Miss Universe contestant who's been tutored and prepped to answer questions. Please Please stop concentrating on her and her poor abilities and great inabilities.

Sifa   September 13th, 2008 8:37 pm ET

Lies and deceit as usaul. Nothing new here.

k   September 13th, 2008 8:36 pm ET

Seriously! Leave this woman alone already!

Bill Tampa   September 13th, 2008 8:36 pm ET

Whoa.!!!!!!!!!!!!..ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!..How many more lies from this campaign..She cannot be VP of the United Staes with lies like this..!!!!!!!..Everyone must know this!!!!!!!!

Bones   September 13th, 2008 8:35 pm ET

Another lie. Another padded resume. I hope the press holds McCain's and Palin's feet to the fire.

AJ   September 13th, 2008 8:35 pm ET

The ticket of lies, not reform.

mia   September 13th, 2008 8:33 pm ET

world traveled yeah right! send this to fox

Down with Obama   September 13th, 2008 8:33 pm ET

Go Sarah!!!!!!!!!!!

At least she visited the wounded troops…that more than you can say for Nobama!!!

Janice Crowley   September 13th, 2008 8:33 pm ET

This is not a surprise to me. The Mccain campaign is a joke. Mavericks, Reformers, and Change agents. Yeah, right. They can't tell the truth during the campaign, how are we supposed to believe they would fight for us and change Washington. It seems as though Palin/Mccain is the ones who need to be changed.

Chantelle   September 13th, 2008 8:33 pm ET

What on earth is the matter with these people? The McCain campaign couldn't tell the truth even if it benefited them. They can't help but to lie, it is sad… Obama/Biden 08

Karen   September 13th, 2008 8:33 pm ET

LIES….. We spend our time being interested in Politics on constantly reading the LIES Republicans has to FIX after they're proven wrong.

LIES LIES LIES……Put an END TO THIS…

PALIN is PATHETIC!

D R   September 13th, 2008 8:32 pm ET

Did you see this poser fumble her way through her interview. That is after two weeks of media blackout coaching! Wake up America, this bimbo could be posing her way into the oval office!

INDEPENDENT SEEKING THE TRUTH   September 13th, 2008 8:32 pm ET

PEOPLE PLEASE SEE THAT THIS PALIN PICK WAS A POLITICAL MOVE ON MCCAIN'S BEHALF. THEY KEEP LYING. YOU KNOW THE OLD SAYING WHEN YOU LIE SO MUCH YOU START TO BELIEVE YOUR OWN LIES.

Larry - Hazleton, pa   September 13th, 2008 8:31 pm ET

Dear Gov Palin – the more I listen to you the more I realize that you are just like the rest of the Repubs – LIE LIE LIE – you lie so much that you are really starting to believe – here is some truth for you I am sure that McSame is sorry that he picked you.

McWhine   September 13th, 2008 8:30 pm ET

Drip, Drip, Drip. Lie here, lie there, and lie all the time.

Palmdale Steve   September 13th, 2008 8:30 pm ET

Just another stop on the BS Express!!!

Pathetic McCain   September 13th, 2008 8:30 pm ET

How sad that McCain had to pick a candidate with a uterus to feel that he somehow can distract from his own poor record. This intemperate little Mussolini has no new ideas, and he picked Palin because, in his ignorance, he believed woman would vote for her. How disrespectful to think that women don't look at the issues, but rather at gender only. The republicans are a party of old ideas, nothing fresh or new. And because of this dearth of anything intelligent they resort to lies and innuendos against their opponents. This may have worked in 2000 and 2004, but its obvious the american people have woken up to this bad act. I suggest McCain/Palin drop out of the race and that we declare Obama/Biden the winners by proclamation.

Anita   September 13th, 2008 8:29 pm ET

If this was Obama flip-flopping of where he had been! People would say this is why we are not comfortable with him!

But if it is Palin then hey it's not her fault that she did not set the record straight, its "law enforcement that is the source for those estimates" The McCain campaign are pretty sure what Obama's records are or lack thereof but they sure get amnesia when it comes to Palin:- Bridge to Nowhere supported then rejected BUT kept the money, asked that brother in-law be fired, but somehow that is also part of the amnesia.

Larry   September 13th, 2008 8:29 pm ET

another lie by the by the McCain campaign.

Odi   September 13th, 2008 8:29 pm ET

Are McPalin are there any more retractions i.e. bridge nowhere and the extent of your executive experience.

Greg   September 13th, 2008 8:29 pm ET

It's sad that I, not even a college graduate yet, have more foreign policy experience than the Republican vice presidential nominee.

JamyeP   September 13th, 2008 8:28 pm ET

Is there nothing this woman won't lie or stretch the truth about?

Craig   September 13th, 2008 8:26 pm ET

Yesterday McBush griped that Obama did not support military weapons development. In truth it was McWar who is on record last July, who said the whole Pentagon Military Development Program should be scrapped. Senile or blatant Liar ? You decide.

MikeH   September 13th, 2008 8:25 pm ET

So CNN, what is Palin's unprecidented move, to tell the truth about her acceptig Pork Barrel earmark money? Or did you post the sensational Palin headline before you were finished writing the sensational Palin story

wake up   September 13th, 2008 8:25 pm ET

Why are we suprised! everything about this lady is phony

TheRealDeal   September 13th, 2008 8:25 pm ET

Look !!! Stop trying to put lipstick on a pig it is what it is. We will be the biggest laughing stock in the world if Sarah Palin makes it to the White House.

Obama/Biden 2008/2012

The T   September 13th, 2008 8:25 pm ET

It's Saturday and they think we (the people) won't notice this story…We know CNN wan't cover it after today.

lol   September 13th, 2008 8:24 pm ET

obama only went to iraq for a photo op, and didn't even visit the troops. gov. palin has more experience than obama, and he is at the top of the ticket. the media is trying to destroy her, and make her look unqualified, but it isn't working. they destroyed hillary, and americans are still seething over that. it won't work this time!

Texas Republican For Obama   September 13th, 2008 8:24 pm ET

McCain and Palin are freaking LIARS!!! PLEASE AMERICA DON'T FALL FOR THE "DOUBLE TALK EXPRESS". Didn't we learn our lesson from elected someone whom we …CAN'T TRUST!!! Wow…This is pathetic!

CHRISTY   September 13th, 2008 8:24 pm ET

NO WAY
NO HOW
NO SARAH PALIN
NO JOHN MCCAINE

NO "STRAIGHT LIES EXPRESS"

I AM JOHN MCCAINE AND I APPROVE THIS MESSAGE.

Ohio for Obama/Biden 08   September 13th, 2008 8:24 pm ET

Not surprised ,almost everything that the Republicans have said has been distorted in some fashion look at factcheck.org

pittpa   September 13th, 2008 8:24 pm ET

Are you surprsied?!

donald cline   September 13th, 2008 8:23 pm ET

Once again it show that the republicans are a bunch of lairs and can't be trusted to tell the whole truth. They can slide the mud, and I hope the American people will someday wake-up and realize that both George Bush and Chenny have been cloned, McCain being Bush and Sarah, getting ready to hunt attorneys, being Chenny.

Republicans Hate America   September 13th, 2008 8:22 pm ET

You mean she lied again?…..how shocking. Palin and that dumb inbreed husband of hers are simple Jerry Springer trailer trash.

independent   September 13th, 2008 8:22 pm ET

seriously. is there anything the mccain campaign isn't lying about?

Dori in AZ   September 13th, 2008 8:22 pm ET

Pastor Rick Warren asked McCain about "evil" in the world. Well, here it is, Pastor, in two prominent dangerously devious human forms!

Rob   September 13th, 2008 8:21 pm ET

Come on Dems, lighten up. Palin went to the Iraq border with the intent to go into Iraq. Then her group recieved reports of Bosnian Snipers and Wolves in the area so they turned back.

alaskaboy   September 13th, 2008 8:20 pm ET

Experience is cool and all, but really none of the four of them have experience being president. They have their own areas of expertiece, but being president is really a learn as you go job. Every day is a new challenge, in an ever changing world. You have to be calm, cool and collected, know your facts, think through problems, seek advice from experts, and then make rational well thought out decisions. As President you don't always have to do what's popular, if it is the right thing to do, but you should also make every attempt to listen to the people, and be willing to modify your approach so it incorporates the will of the people. First and foremost you need to be honest and trustworthy, whether you are dealing with a foreign ruler or the average joe or jill American. If your word is not your bond, what is the point, other countries wont trust you, and neither will your people. Most importantly you must remain calm, even in the face of stupidity and make rational, thoughtful judgements, never flying of the cuff, as the results may not only affect every American, but every person on the planet. Let's face it, if this is the Criteria we measure a good President, then Sarah Palin fails miserably. Sure she seems like a nice enough person, but she obviously does not know her facts, whether it's interational relations, the environment, or even the economy. She has already gotten caught in quite a few lies, and she is fairly hostile in interviews (under pressure). While McCain has a fairly good knowledge base, he also has a bad habit of lying, as is very quick to get hostile, and makes a lot of off the cuff descisions, like hiring Sarah Palin. Its like when everybody plays by the rules, and waits their turn in the lunch line, only to have Mrs, Palin budge her way into the line at the last minute. She simply has not paid her dues, she has not earned her spot. Again if the criteria is knows your issues, honesty, calm under pressure, and well thought out descisions, then Biden would make a good President, and Obama would make an excellenct president! You can argue experience till your blue in the face, but if your president can not be trusted, is easily angered, and makes off the cuff desisions, then what is the point!

This Election is Critical   September 13th, 2008 8:20 pm ET

John McCaine

I am very disappointed in you. What can we believe about your campaign. You have went from being respected to just.. disappointing.
I can't believe the lies that keep rolling. I thought that you love AMerica. I mean no disrespect to Palin, but she is simply not ready. Why would you put the country you say you put first, by placing somebody on the ticket that you thought could help you win.

There were other more experienced women ( the game changer you needed) that could have gotten you the results you needed, as well as a few Republican men.

You have not put your country first.

We have have spent the last 8 years being lied to, Now we are being lied to again.

Thanks but no thanks.

Ken   September 13th, 2008 8:20 pm ET

WOW! THE TRUTH KEEPS POPPING UP.

Tammy in Boise   September 13th, 2008 8:19 pm ET

Liberal Media My Petunia!!!!

dan   September 13th, 2008 8:19 pm ET

Why exactly is a proven liar the right selection for the GOP's VP pick?

Oh that's right….they think we're stupid.

James in Oregon   September 13th, 2008 8:19 pm ET

McCain is really hurting his credibility , and showing the American People that he is quickly becoming a Man without Honor. He is clearly showing he is more like Bush then anyone would have beleived.

If McCain can not be trusted in the Campaign , he surely can't be trusted to lead this Country.

WAKE UP AMERICA

Truthiness   September 13th, 2008 8:18 pm ET

What do you expect from a political team built on a cornerstone of lies, a foundation of deceit, and walls of fallacy?

But America gets what it votes for – vote wisely.

Cooper   September 13th, 2008 8:18 pm ET

No need to even comment here, but I will. If people at this point don't see the McCain/Palin ticket for what they are, they are just beyond reach. First the earmark spending, then the profit from the jet, then the bridge to no where, then the lies about Obama, and now this. They are desperate for a win and McCain, originally an honorable man, has sunk to such a low level it is sad.

Bosworth   September 13th, 2008 8:18 pm ET

Give me a break – are we really dickering over whether she actually walked a few extra feet into Iraq? How many times had Obama been to Iraq before the primaries? Zero? How many times had he been to even Kuwait? Zero? Let's see – zero times zero equals . . . zero foreign policy experience.

Face it – Palin's AT LEAST as qualified as Obama is on foreign policy. The fact that the Obamalist Media is frantically screaming over a bogus border dispute only indicates that to me that the arrogant Obama political machine is actually starting to get worried about being behind in the polls.

But you know, I'm ready for the MSM to start heaping up on the Republicans. They do it every election. The difference, though, is that THESE days, the liberals aren't in total control of the national narrative. Poor liberals! Cable TV and the internet have interfered with their national stranglehold on message. Too bad – I guess the rest of us get to form our own opinions just like grownups!

Simba from Toronto,canada   September 13th, 2008 8:18 pm ET

Huuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmmm, it was just a matter of time.All lies will eventuelly come out about Palin.
Obama Biden08-12

Lily fom MD   September 13th, 2008 8:18 pm ET

Finally CNN, you do your job.

Keep reporting the facts on this woman. She lied to the American people and this is who you want to be VP?

No way, no how and for darn sure, NO MC-CAIN/PALIN

Tammy in Boise   September 13th, 2008 8:18 pm ET

How can Gov. Palin just lie and inflate her record without being called out. All of the other canidates have been called out. McCain's crew is trying to make her untouchable and the media is going along with it. Is somebody getting paid off? I smell a rat!

Mike   September 13th, 2008 8:17 pm ET

Good Lord if Obama had not canceled his Saturday Night Live appearance. Grumpy Grampa McBush would have fallen down and not been able to get up. He would have held the emergency button on his life alert and screamed about how he delayed the GOP convention for Gustav but Obama went to SNL ! Now Pick me up !

Brian Thompson   September 13th, 2008 8:17 pm ET

I am beginning to see a patern here. Wow, her introduction to the American people is filled with lies, and she continues to lie.

Exactly what kind of Christian is she? I did not realize Christians lie so easily is that usually true?

And for the family thing, is that really the example you want to teach your children, too lie to win?

We here from the far-right about morals, values, and ethics and yet there seems to be a double standart here.

Wow…

vee   September 13th, 2008 8:17 pm ET

Omg, what else is this woman and the McCain campaign lying about? This is truly ridiculous. I hope the American public start opening their eyes to McCain/Plain. We do not and cannot afford 4 more years of this distasteful tactics. Please America Wake Up!!!

observer   September 13th, 2008 8:17 pm ET

LIAR and people fall for her sick lies….disgusting and stupid

THE TRUTH   September 13th, 2008 8:17 pm ET

It appears to me that McCain has picked a liar for VP. lol What was he thinking. That interview last night was a joke. I think Biden is going to have a field day with her during their debate. She has know business representing our country as a VP. lol

Mike in SFV   September 13th, 2008 8:17 pm ET

You mean they lied?! Say it isn't so! McCain was a POW!
Getting pretty sick of lies and dramatic false indignities. My six year old daughter is more honest and acts more grown up than both of them.

ken   September 13th, 2008 8:17 pm ET

If they lie about such simple things, they definitely cannot be trusted. The media should collectively refuse to cover the Mccain/palin campaign untill they start being honest. THEY ARE LIARS AND HAVE NO HONOR OR INTEGRITY.

Paula   September 13th, 2008 8:16 pm ET

McCain/Palin's whole campaign is a joke.This doesn't surprise me after the way he got caught on "The View" .All these lies just keep getting revealed one by one.Women were not impressed with McCain.

Mary   September 13th, 2008 8:16 pm ET

Wow, I guess the McCain-Palin felt that this was the best time to release this information because the nation is concerned about Ike and the residents of Texas.

For those that believe in the McCain-Palin ticket, this interesting bit of news does not matter.

Simba from Toronto,canada   September 13th, 2008 8:16 pm ET

Huuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmmm, it was just a matter of time.All lies will eventuelly come about Palin.

Kate   September 13th, 2008 8:16 pm ET

The premise of Roland Martin is that anyone who votes against Obama is a racist. I am a hillary supporter, and I am voting against him beause of his sexist treatment of Hillary Clinton.

sandy   September 13th, 2008 8:16 pm ET

It bothers me that the evangelicals seem to like McCain/Palin. I keep hearing that they are in step with their (evangelical) values. How can this be when so much of their campaign is lies? Are lies part of the christian values? I am a christian and I do not think so. Why would we want another term of leaders we can't trust to tell us the truth.

Trish A   September 13th, 2008 8:16 pm ET

I guess the Repubs are too scared to lie now as too many of their lies have bee uncovered! GOOD JOB CNN!

And I think Palin should refuel but this time in Washington not Ireland and I think her destination should be ALASKA and not for a visit but for permanent residency! And I think she should take McCain with her as Liars like company! My town doesn't take to blantant Liers, women who mock and belittle community workers or mothers that put fame, glory, and authority seeking positions before their children. And we especially have no time for women trying to pretend they know something about running a country but can't even answer the simple questions regarding their Nation!

Paul, Tampa   September 13th, 2008 8:16 pm ET

Ahh, what's one more lie? After all, if you believe anything that comes out of a Republican politicians mouth….well, I guess that makes you part of the problem with this country.

sandy   September 13th, 2008 8:16 pm ET

What else hasn't this woman done??? Pleeeeeze will somebody tell this woman she is not qualified to be VP. Also, somebody tell the entire Republican party that should McCain be elected and God forbid drop dead and she becomes President, we are in for really big trouble. She is no Hillary Clinton.

fed up   September 13th, 2008 8:15 pm ET

Ever since earth angel came down the havens of alaska ,all she does is tell lies the and the public buying it ….that sarah pagon for you.

Denise   September 13th, 2008 8:15 pm ET

I am just astonished and amazed as to what this campaign is evolving into. Although I am a firm Obama supporter, if I was unsure about him and wanted to know about the McCain/Palin ticket, I would be out of luck. I don't understand how we as American voters cannot be allowed to know fully about a candidate that would be the co-leader of this country. And are we to expect that everytime someone says a cross word about her that a memo will come out shouting unfairness. I am truly very disappointed in the campaign process and feel that we the voters are not being respected like we should be. It is ultimately about us, not the candidates.

Unshrub   September 13th, 2008 8:14 pm ET

Is there anything about her that is real?

Jay (Toronto Canada)   September 13th, 2008 8:14 pm ET

More lies… lies lies lies…
Jay

BK   September 13th, 2008 8:13 pm ET

Yet more lies and deception by the McCain campaign uncovered; I'm not surprised.

hello   September 13th, 2008 8:12 pm ET

Lies, Lies, Lies!

Grace D'Agostino   September 13th, 2008 8:12 pm ET

I used to watch CNN regularly but that has all changed.You're no longer a News station but an extended advertisment for Barack Obama and company.

OBAMA SUPPORTER 2008-2016   September 13th, 2008 8:12 pm ET

Come ooon, are we surprised! Anything the Republcian party can do to try to gain a vote! PALIN is a liar and not qualified to be VP. That is all there is to it. She opposes EARMARKS… yet she hired lobbyists to get earmarks years prior. She opposes any type of abortion including if a child is raped through incest or otherwise. What about the gray areas? Well in her eyes, there is none and she will remain the dictator! She has it well planned that she is going to be President WITHOUT any of her own campaignin or hardships to get to the top.

Don't CRY REPUBLICANS when the USA is doomed to the bitter end, especially when John McCain turns to a beauty queen to base his decisions on. It is obvious who is running that office and who is wearing the pants. It sure isn't McCain!

Never NEVER would I want her to be in office!

OBAMA/Biden 2008!!

Felly   September 13th, 2008 8:12 pm ET

This woman is the most controversial VP nominee in history.

Q in AZ   September 13th, 2008 8:12 pm ET

COME ON SARAH…

SARAH IN THE BIBLE TOLD THE TRUTH….

Griff   September 13th, 2008 8:12 pm ET

SHE IS SAYING! Barack OBama is a fraud. Every Black- African. So called American know he a Liar. None American.. But they have believed this Idiot. Too late now. So they lie as big he he does…
He don't have no feeling for Toto's like I do.. Your all Garbage None American. None African. Just Idiot who believe their Mesia has arrived…

Tim Clark   September 13th, 2008 8:11 pm ET

As an independant voter, I'm curious, why is that CNN and other networks refer to Sen.McCain, Sen.Biden and Gov.Palin by their official titles but when speaking of Sen.Barack Obama, he's only referred to as Barack? He's a Senator of the United States and should be given the respect he's earned. While I was taken by Sarah Palin like the rest of the country, I do believe ABC undoubtedly proved to me that she is not ready to be Commander and Chief of this country and the Democratic ticket has swayed my vote.

Lynnette   September 13th, 2008 8:10 pm ET

And the lies continue….

Sarah Palin is NOT VP material!

OBAMA – BIDEN 2008

rich   September 13th, 2008 8:10 pm ET

I am asking if there is anything McCain won't lie about. He's WORSE than Bush.

Tim   September 13th, 2008 8:10 pm ET

I am completely baffled by McCain. I guess the "Straight Talk Express" has jumped the track and he now only provides half truths, lies and fairy tales in hopes of riding Palin's skirt to the White House.

ERIC, MN   September 13th, 2008 8:10 pm ET

IM SO SHOCKED!!! THE REPUBLICANS ARE LYING? NO WAY!!!!
IM JUST GLAD THE MEDIA IS FINALLY STARTING TO CALL THEM ON ALL OF THEIR B.S. SERIOUSLY, ABOUT 85% OF WHAT MCCAIN/ PALIN SAY IS COMPLETELY UNTRUE. DOES THAT SOUND LIKE PEOPLE WE WANT RUNNING THIS COUNTRY?
NO WAY, NO HOW, NO MCCAIN/PALIN!!!!!

Wasilla Hillbilly in a dress   September 13th, 2008 8:09 pm ET

Lots of little lies and a couple big ones are starting to map outa disturbing pattern. This woman is simply not honest at her core. For a supposedly devout follower the hypocrisy is VERY disturbing.

Woop Woop   September 13th, 2008 8:09 pm ET

No surprise there! More of what the electorate is used to, LIES.

MEVANS   September 13th, 2008 8:08 pm ET

I do not believe a word McCain or Palin have to say. Once you lie you cannot be trusted. McCain has taken Obama's words and turned them around to suit his needs making them into lies.

Someone who said that he puts his Country before his political ambitions, would not LIE over and over. He would state where he stands on issues and be on with it! Obama has TRIED OVER AND OVER to stick with running a campaign over issues, BUT McCain won't stop the lies and now Obama MUST FIGHT BACK!

jamie   September 13th, 2008 8:08 pm ET

I forgot. Apparently McCain has been overstating the size of crowds coming to his rallies.

And–I just read about McCain's first wife, who he dumped, for Cindy, after she was maimed in a car accident. She mothered three children for him and waited for him to return from Vietnam. And he dumped her for a woman who was 20 years younger.

GoP. Party of family values, indeed.

Chrsitians everywhere ought to be dismayed by this crowd.

Dr. WAH   September 13th, 2008 8:06 pm ET

When the Palin's dust finally clears, what will we find? A sham of epic proportion.

loribee   September 13th, 2008 8:06 pm ET

I wonder what else Palin has embellished. As much as I am thrilled to see a woman as a VP pick, I cannot support a woman who is a "Good Ole Boy" wannabe!!

OBAMA/BIDEN '08 and '12

Carol, Beverly Hills   September 13th, 2008 8:06 pm ET

Why is it that Sarah Palin has the highest approval rating of any governor in the United States? 80%.

You know, Bill Clinton got his experience as Governor of Arkansas. But he managed a state and a budget that was only 1/10th the size of Alaska's. Is Sarah being treated unfairly just because she is a woman?

Bethany Miller   September 13th, 2008 8:05 pm ET

Palin told ABC News that this was "the trip of a lifetime."

Actually, I would call it "the lie of a lifetime."

John McCain made possibly the most irresponsible choice for a Vice Presidential nominee in U.S. history. He took a big risk, made a big gamble with the future of our nation, and it's a bet he's lost.

I'm not gambling with our future. I'm voting for Obama-Biden.

Moderate and Balanced   September 13th, 2008 8:05 pm ET

Is this really an important issue? She went to Kuwait and visited with the Alaskan troops as a Govenor of her state and showed her support. And how many times has Obama been to Iraq minus a few plane loads of media elite to lay the red carpet down and gush at every word?

Sarah Palin is a hero to the modern American working mom and the liberals need to get used to it. Obama stating that McCain is running the "Sleaziest campaign in history" is about as laughable as his allegience of naughty-mouthed campaign bloggers running their mouths off about Sarah Palin's family. Now THAT is sleazy.

jamie   September 13th, 2008 8:04 pm ET

Palin never went to Ireland, either.
What has she said, then, that is not a lie?
Scary.

Bill   September 13th, 2008 8:04 pm ET

So what is the point of this article. Another attempt by CNN to smear Palin and push their favorite Obama? BTW CNN I have a revised name for Campbell Brown's new show "All Bias, All Bull." She has been in the tank for Obama since the beginning of the primaries. Go ahead CNN moderate this comment out of existence.

Shauna   September 13th, 2008 8:04 pm ET

The GOP ticket is becoming more and more of a joke.. "Country First" my foot.. John Mccain certainly was not thinking country first when he chose Dick Cheney in heels as his running mate..

Latina Woman for Barack   September 13th, 2008 8:04 pm ET

Their campaign is full of lies…lies….lies…lies….and more lies…

Curiosity   September 13th, 2008 8:03 pm ET

The press spent months chastising Barack Obama for attending Holy Trinity. So I'm wondering why it is not making a big deal out of the fact that Palin attends a church that believes homosexuals can be converted to its idea of normalcy through prayer. Why is this issue off the table so to speak?

Wideawake   September 13th, 2008 8:02 pm ET

September 13th, 2008 8:00 pm ET
Your comment is awaiting moderation.
The lies, and half truths, just keep on coming. Let's give Sarah an education from our founding father's quotes, and she can translate it into "tongues" for the members of her congregation.

"A lighthouse is more useful than a church"
Benjamin Franklin

"This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it"
John Adams

For true Christians, this is an easy vote. Separate one's patriotism from one's religion, cast out the lies of the Republican party that has left the country's poor more hurting than ever, and the rich even richer than before, and do what's truly GOOD. One party represents the money changers in the temple, and the other party represents he who cast the money changers out of the temple. It's that simple.

Monica from Cape Cod   September 13th, 2008 8:02 pm ET

Lies, lies, lies… that's all McCain and Palin are experienced in! If somehow American's are stupid enough to be tricked again… like we were in the last 2 elections… I don't think I want to be here anymore. I am seriously losing faith in my fellow countrymen, and if by some miraculous stroke, Obama doesn't win, I believe America will have reached a point of n return.

Obama/Biden 08′

The ONLY change I believe in!

Ross, Former USAF Captain, Iraq Veteran   September 13th, 2008 8:01 pm ET

Disgusting woman. i do have higher faith in America to vote the right team in than what the polls recently showed. Obama clearly has his faults as well and I'm not a Democrat, but he is clearly a better choice.

Scott L   September 13th, 2008 8:01 pm ET

I can't believe Barack is slimeballing McCain Palin in the middle of the tragedy in Galveston…pathetic.

marty   September 13th, 2008 8:01 pm ET

Why would she have ever gone there? Obama only went in the past couple of months to play backetball as a vote getting scheme.

susie   September 13th, 2008 8:01 pm ET

The media is making up lies about Palin.

Barbara   September 13th, 2008 8:00 pm ET

Not surprising since many of her claims of her "experience" are quite questionable with regard to the position she is expecting us to approve her for. One only has to read the Alaskan news sources to find out just who she is. And according to what I have read, she certainly doesn't deserve to be VP of this country.

Jim   September 13th, 2008 8:00 pm ET

Has this bimbo told the truth about anything?

Lone Star Wolf   September 13th, 2008 8:00 pm ET

SO what does this have to do with it? It's not like OBAMA is a world traveler and a expert in foreighn affairs either. What he knows is what he learned from his Muslim Father.

Pat   September 13th, 2008 8:00 pm ET

Next the gov will be saying she dated Sgt. Preston of the yukon!

Tracy-Oakley   September 13th, 2008 7:59 pm ET

You know it's not that Palin/McCain and the Republicans are on the wrong side of every major policy; what really shows me that the Republicans, Palin and McCain has absence of integrity, leadership, lack of respect and loyalty to the American public is the way they presented her to us on a shiny platter of half-truths and lies. McCain is 72 years old and still doesn't know the difference between truth and lies…that's a Maverick?

Double Talk Express   September 13th, 2008 7:59 pm ET

Why don't you post my comments? They are perfectly respectful. Is this China???

Bud   September 13th, 2008 7:58 pm ET

More half-truths and spin from Palin and her camp. This woman is strictly about image not substance.

BTW, she's not taking war with Russia off the table :)

Will smith   September 13th, 2008 7:58 pm ET

My flight transit through Paris, London and I have been to Cancun in Mexico for vacation. I have visited Paris and London and Mexico. I have foreign exp. to be US vp, even US president. Oh, I forget to mention, Russia is close to my state, Alaska. You can even see Russia direcly from Alaska. What else do folks want?

carol   September 13th, 2008 7:57 pm ET

The Obama campaign — which has increasingly accused the McCain campaign of deliberately lying in ads and on the stump — was quick to highlight that story, along with a news report that explored whether the McCain campaign has been sending out wildly inflated crowd estimates.

The McCain team has twice pointed to law enforcement as the source for those estimates — but the same officials denied to Bloomberg News that they had provided the numbers cited by the Republican nominee's campaign.
What is wrong with the MCcain campaign? LIES,LIES, And MORE LIES.

PA   September 13th, 2008 7:57 pm ET

Clueless Palin!..? Who would have guessed…NOT!

Norm Whitzell in Puerto Rico   September 13th, 2008 7:57 pm ET

This McCain Campaign is about lies and distortions, if elected will he and She be believable? I hardly think so.
Given that everything can and will be checked, to lie about your resume is juvenile at best, but the Republicans will swear that it was an error, not a purpose driven lie. The voters will have to be the judge of that!

Frank   September 13th, 2008 7:56 pm ET

So what? She is a noble Govenor for visiting Alaskan troops anywhere over there! The Democrats sat on their hands while our men and woman had their lives on the line. Shame on the Democrats!

MSJones for Obama   September 13th, 2008 7:55 pm ET

Just another example of the desparate Republicans. They'll do or say anything if they can get elected…that is, until they get caught.

hey, i've got an idea!   September 13th, 2008 7:54 pm ET

Ms. Palin,

you're too dumb to understand that Mcshamless and his good ol boys are putting you on

banking on the fact that you are clueless.

i guess i'll never get through your thick skull….

wait, look at GW bush,

you look even dumber than he does,

though you lie just as well!

do your kids a big favor, and bow out before the damage's done, LOL

Leeahh   September 13th, 2008 7:53 pm ET

Is anyone here surprised that once again the Republicans are caught in a lie? The theme for these two "mavericks" is how many lies can we get people to swallow?

karen hofstetter   September 13th, 2008 7:53 pm ET

Just one more lie from John Mccain . How low can a an honerable man go. Aides or not " I'm John Mccain and I apporve this message"
The buck stops with him!

Lets move on...   September 13th, 2008 7:52 pm ET

More Lies…Not a good way to look Presidential

People…are we this stupid to accept this
The people who beat up McCain in 2000 are now working for him
McCain is not the good man he was back then
Now he is just a Rove clone

Bill in Colorado   September 13th, 2008 7:52 pm ET

If she crossed the border crossing into Iraq….then she was in Iraq.

The Dems are clealy grasping for straws now that they see they will lose this election.

debkansas   September 13th, 2008 7:51 pm ET

AND

Lisa from VA   September 13th, 2008 7:51 pm ET

Why all these constant lies? I just don't get it. They have to know people are going to fact check.

RlBlack   September 13th, 2008 7:51 pm ET

What do we expect- The McCain Campaign did not choose the v.p candidate for the good of the country- but for her public speaking ability, not as much baggage as some- (they thought) – and – someone they thought they could control- now- they need to lie- reinvent history- and rely on nasty tactics- as my mother use to say- "just consider the source"- and "half truths are whole lies"- "how about -figures don't lie but liars figure"- rlb

karen   September 13th, 2008 7:50 pm ET

I can not believe people can lie that big on record. But all is well at least they admitted that they lied.Although there are many more lies.

Mark   September 13th, 2008 7:50 pm ET

The McCain lies are starting to come back to haunt his campaign! The constant lies, twist, and turns of the tongue is no way to run a campaign. If McLame wins the election we as a nation deserve what we get!!! Remember Roman empire? Where are they at today? Get my drift??

Gloria   September 13th, 2008 7:50 pm ET

I can't believe anyone with an ounce of self respect could stand before the American people and tell as many lies as McCain and Palin.

Why McCain   September 13th, 2008 7:50 pm ET

When is Palin goiing to stop being a tool?

Susan in Illinois   September 13th, 2008 7:50 pm ET

Is there anything this McShame/Pack-of-lies-Palin campaign won't lie about? Yet the gullible will still stumble after them in a fervor thinking they're wonderful and honest!

Oh yeah, and visiting Canada & Mexico gives Pack-of-lies-Palin a real edge on handling Foreign Policy – especially in the Mid-East! NOT!

Another article came out today where McCain campaigners admitted that they're running a dirty campaign because of the increased response they received after McCain wasn't receiving enough attention when they were trying to be more on the level! I think McCain sold his soul to the Devil to win this campaign at all costs, w/Rove being the broker in the deal!

How sad for this great country if these two sleazes win!

Keith Eddingston   September 13th, 2008 7:49 pm ET

The true shame of this election is the fact that George Soros is almost single-handedly being allowed to destroy the bulk of the main stream media along with the once great democratic party. Very sad. Wake up people.

gary   September 13th, 2008 7:49 pm ET

caught in another lie gee what a surprise.vote for these two sleeze merchants and god have mercy on us all.

Ray Trypuc   September 13th, 2008 7:49 pm ET

Palin is getting to be a joke. I mean really ,her selection by John McCain is almost like "open the phone book and pick a name". It may be true that Obama was new presidential politics but he has been around now for 18 months. If there was anything to discredit him from becoming president ,the Republican party and the Clintons would have found it and pounced on it. Palan on the other hand has no credintals. Madona would get as much press. John McCain get credit for sturring the pot and I guess if that is what you want from a presidential canidate , vote for him. The dynamic duo is like the proverbal duck we all know. If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck and looks like a duck . It most likleyis a duck even if it has lipstick on it.

Agnes   September 13th, 2008 7:49 pm ET

same old politics, it already starts with fabrication of the facts and distortion of the truth, mccain and palin should not win, they will not only lie to get elected, they will lie even more when elected, and when for some reason people vote for them, this is a nightmare morning to wake up to,
people vote smart, we had 2 elections stolen with lies, enough already!

Felly   September 13th, 2008 7:49 pm ET

Palin is a wacko liar, and a time bomb waiting to explode. She cannot liar her way to the Whitehouse. Remember the WMD lies of Bush/Cheney is nothing but a colossal failure.

s   September 13th, 2008 7:48 pm ET

Another lie! What a surprise- let me know when the McCain camp chooses to tell the truth. It's sad to see McCain who I once admired as a candidate run such a nasty campaign. I can never believe what the McCain campaign says again- NEVER!

Obama/Biden '08

America wake up!

David Buckley   September 13th, 2008 7:48 pm ET

OK, has she visited Canada, or has she flown over it on her way to the mainland? This is getting absolutely ridiculous. Are we going to see this woman on the Sunday morning shows? Or is it somehow sexist to expose her for the fraud that McCain is attempting to perpetrate? I don't blame Palin, she is who she is and that's fine, but our country has way too much at stake to allow this shell game to continue.

USA in 08   September 13th, 2008 7:48 pm ET

I am so sick of all the lies coming from "The Straight Talk Express". Maybe it should be called the "I'll Do Anything To Be Like Bush Express".

It really has gotten rediculous. Why do any americans continue to buy into this deceitful McCain and his lobbyist run campaign?

Ron L   September 13th, 2008 7:48 pm ET

AMERICA…THIS is what I don't like about this whole Governor Palin situation. The McCain campaign is CONSTANTLY exaggerating about her past accomplishments.
This tells me ONE THING…
THEY KNOW she has not done as much as they have tried to make it out to be.
THEY KNOW she really isn't experienced enough to be President IF something were to happen to Se. McCain
AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING…
THEY KNOW if the truth comes out, most non-Republican Americans will not vote for the McCain/Palin ticket.

Seriously   September 13th, 2008 7:47 pm ET

More lies from McCain-Palin. America has had enough! Go OBAMA!

James Georgas   September 13th, 2008 7:47 pm ET

this is the beginning of all the lies that will be brought to light about this right winged whack job. She is a shameless opportunist that will lie about anything and anyone to get what she wants. I can imagne how she was in highschool, a spoiled little girl who would pout and whine when she didn't get what she wanted. Go OBAMA

Jeff In Ohio   September 13th, 2008 7:47 pm ET

Lies, lies and more lies. But hey, she's a woman and he's a POW. Lying exscused.

Ray Fisher   September 13th, 2008 7:47 pm ET

Ever since the Bushies took over, the Republican party has been consumed with greed with integrity left by the wayside. This election should be about who we can trust and what are their motives. Being Republicans excuses both McCain & Palin from telling the truth about anything.

GRANNY OF 5   September 13th, 2008 7:46 pm ET

Tell us something NEW…this woman lies about everything she says.
It is so sad to see her taking the spot light with McCain wagging his tail behind her. This woman can't take care of her personal life how is she going to take care of our Country WHY ! WHY! WHY!

linad   September 13th, 2008 7:46 pm ET

Sarah has never said she went to Iraq so this is a bit of a smear article.

Gio   September 13th, 2008 7:46 pm ET

Hopefully the american people will realize that Palin is just a marketing product as was W. I am amazed that McCain didn't pick a more capable VP such as Meg Whiteman.

HMMA   September 13th, 2008 7:45 pm ET

So what !!?
she can actually see Russia from where she grew up !!
HAHAHAHAHAH

I'm Fired Up   September 13th, 2008 7:42 pm ET

What goes up, must come down.
Lie. . . chip . . .lie . . . chip . . .lie . . .chip. Darn, there goes my whole karl rove created back-story.

Hillary   September 13th, 2008 7:42 pm ET

omg…palin did not go beyond iraqi border because if she had she would have gained extraordinary foreign policy experience and tip the scale in the commander in chief category of experience. if she had gone a few miles into iraq from the border towns she would have proven….she would have proven that……she would have …uh…uh….if she would have gone beyond the iraqi border towns then what?

what's the point again to the proximity of her visit to the border in iraq? what a bunch of idiot! always dumbster diving for the most ridiculous thing to attack a woman on. This will go down history as the most gender bias, sexist election ever! congrats Dnc.

Ron was a REP now a DEM   September 13th, 2008 7:42 pm ET

Sounds like McCain has picked a travel partner.

Susan   September 13th, 2008 7:42 pm ET

Cnn keeps blocking me, but I will try again. This woman has done nothing but lie to the American people since becoming the Republican VP candidate. What will she do once she gets into office?Read the NY Times article on her , section A-1 that will be in sunday's paper!!!

Kathy   September 13th, 2008 7:42 pm ET

We have had enough of lies from Bush/Cheney, now all of this?
NO MORE PLEASE

Clif , Atlanta,Ga.   September 13th, 2008 7:42 pm ET

The Repugs will piss on your back and tell you it's raining.

Realistic   September 13th, 2008 7:42 pm ET

Wow, another lie for Governor Wingnut — I've honestly lost count.

Not even Spiro Agnew was anywhere near this bad. That's some judgment in picking her, Senator Senile …..

Fuzzy   September 13th, 2008 7:42 pm ET

Palin will be a right wing disaster for USA muich worse than Bush

EZANA   September 13th, 2008 7:41 pm ET

SENATOR MCCAIN

" Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"

SENATOR MCCAIN IF YOU GET ELECTED WE DO NOT WANT YOU TO BE CALLED BY WHAT YOU BECAME THIS LAST WEEK THE SLEAZIEST POLETICIAN PROBABLY THIS IS WHY GEORGE BUSH
ATTACK YOUR TEMPER IN 2000.

Brandy, NJ   September 13th, 2008 7:41 pm ET

More McCain-Palin lies. I wonder when the media will get a backbone and start demanding that she give press conferences and interviews that aren't scripted and over-edited.

Journalist have an obligation and the people have a right to hear from Palin – and not the same old rehearsed stump answers and speeches.

Jim   September 13th, 2008 7:41 pm ET

Time spent outside of the country is critical to understanding how others in this world view the United States.

Diplomacy and presidential leadership requires this understanding in order to forward our national objectives. We see the consequences of the lack of this understanding of the world in some of our current foreign policy — which republicans intend to continue.

Republican or democrat, I would simply love to have a president who is respected, intelligent and enlightened through travel and experience.

While she has strong core values and American identity, I'm not sure Gov. Palin has developed her ability to relate and communicate outside of her political camp, and I am afraid this will encourage cronyism… I don't see reform in this context.

Bajanluv, Newport Newss   September 13th, 2008 7:40 pm ET

Do they really have to lie about so many things?

Jennifer   September 13th, 2008 7:40 pm ET

This is the lowest we have seen in Politics…..Palin is running as a Conservative Christian…Both McCain and Palin should be asamed of themselves….I am a Christian and the manipulation and lies from the McCain/Palin ticket is disappointing. The republicans claim to be the moral party….How can you believe anything they say!!!! The press, and the people of the United States should not let the Republican Party get away with this kind of Politics…..

Matt Sherman   September 13th, 2008 7:40 pm ET

You know, I still can't believe that people are so extensively questioning Sarah Palin's experience to be vice president, but it seems disproportionally more than any questioning that has been done about Barack Obama's experience and he's the candidate for PRESIDENT. She's probably more qualified than he is. He hasn't even written any piece of legislation during his two years in the Senate.

Dee Dee   September 13th, 2008 7:39 pm ET

Once again, it is proved that the McCain/Palin ticket is being dishonest. It is time the people of this country stood up for what is right. The Republicians refuse to accept any responsibility for the war, for poverty, for un-insured citizens, for our horrible debt , just to name a few things & it was on their watch & their's alone that led us into this horrible mess. Stand up for what is right for the country not just for yourselves. Vote for Barack Obama & Joe Biden. And I used to be Repppublician. No more. Enough is Enough!!

Mosey   September 13th, 2008 7:39 pm ET

I honestly believe the most honest thing to do is for McCain to come clean about Sarah Palin. There is no point lying to the American public because we are not foolish. Why sugar-coat her qualifications? Why lie about earmarks she sought? Why lie about her support for 'bridge to nowhere'? Why lie that she went to Iraq- when in fact she never stepped on Iraqi soil?

McCain+Palin=Nothing/Nada/Zero/EmptySuit   September 13th, 2008 7:39 pm ET

So many lies….who is this woman?

Patricia   September 13th, 2008 7:38 pm ET

Lies and Lies and MORE lies
Sarah Palin said she had a "real responsibilities" in Wasilla a town of around 5,000 when she first became mayor. But how did she handle the job? Palin did not secure the land to build her self-touted indoor sports complex. This led to years of litigation and at least $1.3 million in EXTRA costs for this small town; already the construction bond was $14.7 million, when the entire city budget was approximately $20 million. Palin raised the city sales tax, a regressive tax that was even on food. See WSJ, 9-6-08
All this was done in a town without a sewer system – surely questionable priorities – but Sarah wanted to be a hockey mom or a pit bull with lipstick.
Sarah Palin did manage to extensively remodel the Wasilla City Hall and had her office redecorated more than once during her tenure as mayor from 1996 to 2002.
Sarah Palin could immeasureably increase the national debt.

john long   September 13th, 2008 7:38 pm ET

Ok! This is starting to become stupid!! All of these dumb accusations!!

Kevin in Seattle   September 13th, 2008 7:38 pm ET

Palin–the manufactured "reformer"!! McCain campaign really vetted this one. Nothing but lies!!

Jeffer65   September 13th, 2008 7:37 pm ET

When did she say she went to Iraq?

LA2NC   September 13th, 2008 7:37 pm ET

How many more lies before the American people wake up and see what these two and their party are all about. POWER, LIES, WIN AT ANY COST………. JUST REMEMBER, NO PLANS OR ANYTHING THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR IF THEY GET YET ANOTHER CHANCE TO RUIN THIS COUNTRY.

Adrienne   September 13th, 2008 7:37 pm ET

Yes, it seems the media has figured out the truth that the McCain campaign has a notable problem with dishonesty and is not letting the republicans cow them. Good for you. the media learned after 9/11 that being fearful of unearthing truth can lead us into bad places. Keep it up CNN.
For America. For us all.
We will not be fooled again. Not if we stay true and firm.

Ms Gunn   September 13th, 2008 7:36 pm ET

Cnn lovely coverage. what else is new?

we already knew that she was winging through her interview!

libertad   September 13th, 2008 7:36 pm ET

While I have a lot of respect for Sarah Palin and can relate to her as an individual – I'm realizing that I'm not entirely comfortable with the idea of her as vice-president.

Jay   September 13th, 2008 7:36 pm ET

Another day, another lie debunked from the McCain/Palin ticket.

Bob   September 13th, 2008 7:35 pm ET

More lying? They won't stop (republicans) unless the American voters say they've had enough by voting democratic.

Tony in L.A.   September 13th, 2008 7:35 pm ET

WHAT IS SARAH PALIN HIDING?? HOW CAN ANYONE EXPECT TO TRUST HER WHEN SHE REFUSED TO BE TREATED LIKE THE REST OF THE CANDIDATES AND TAKE QUESTIONS FROM REPORTERS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL?

WHAT IS SARAH HIDING? WHAT IS SARAH HIDING?

Gail in SC   September 13th, 2008 7:35 pm ET

Wow! Another lie! Let's see if CNN posts this! Will you cover her lie as you did Hillary during the Bosnia sniper fire story? Palin's story is even worse. While Hillary actually went to Bosnia, Palin never went to Iraq. This is just another despicable to lie that the media will probably not hold them accountable for.

Silvestre   September 13th, 2008 7:34 pm ET

Wow. Didn't she say in the Charlie Gibson interview that "THE TRIP TO IRAQ CHANGED MY LIFE!!!!!"

Now it turns out it was yet another lie?!?!

As Truman once said, "How many times do you have to get hit over the head before you figure out who's hitting you?"

If Americans can't see past the blatant Palin/McCain dishonesty, and elect them on November 4th, then this country deserves the lousy economy, unemployment, etc.

Karen   September 13th, 2008 7:34 pm ET

I was shocked when I read the Sept 13th artical, "Campaign confirms Palin did not go beyond Iraq border". Why does this information not get mentioned during your prime time programs? I think this distortive information should be mentioned more than once. As an Independent I want to know what is truth and what is a lie or misrepresentation. It is your job to keep us informed. As a loyal CNN viewer, I feel betrayed when this information is not relayed to me. I want to make an informed decision when I vote this year.

ike Morah   September 13th, 2008 7:34 pm ET

The media is not doing there job on Governor Palin, she want to be a Vice President, and or the President of the United State Of America, if so, then she need to be examined, and grilled like you the media did to Hilary Clinton

K Mansfield   September 13th, 2008 7:34 pm ET

You can see Russia from Alaska! Why isn't this women president yet?

carol kesling   September 13th, 2008 7:34 pm ET

she doesnt even hold a candle to HILLARY CLINTON!!!!!!

john   September 13th, 2008 7:33 pm ET

Will they just stop lying!! anyone can access the truth these days so it behoves to GOP to stop the lies…

Robert, SC   September 13th, 2008 7:33 pm ET

Wow, Mexico and Canada. Is there anything Palin can't do?

cyncoco   September 13th, 2008 7:33 pm ET

What has the Republican party NOT lied about – WMDs, Iraq behind 9/11, "Mission Accomplished", Iraqi oil to pay for the war (not only has it not, but now that the Chinese got the bid, it never will), and Palin—please, how Insulting! They only picked her to pander to women, and I for one have not forgotten how unsupportive they as a party have been to women over the years. (Go back and read Phylis Shafley's speeches about working women!) It's taken them over 20 years to notice one, and what an insult to all the qualified women in the Republican Party (apparently too old for McCain who likes them young. Ladies, let's not forget how he left his marriage for Cindy, 18 years his junior and then has left Cindy Alone in AZ for 26 yrs. while he's in DC. Some husband).
For one who believes in abstinence, Palin should practice what she preaches (anyone notice how she got married the last day of Aug. and gave birth 8 months later! Premature?) She Never sold the plane on ebay, it was sold at a Loss to an insider. She wanted the Bridge to Nowhere until Congress balked, but Kept the money. Welcomes an investigation into Trooper gate, but wants to squash the subpeona. Admonished by the judge for being "abusive", Doesn't like earmarks, but hires a lobbiest to get them and Alaska has the Highest earmarks per capita! Enough.

Fellow Americans, we have Major issues to face, and yes, the issues are Boring. Most of us do not want to have to come home after a long day to deal with our own issues, let alone the country's complex issues. But I implore you, we cannot continue to Ignore the issues. If you are Not Interested, fine, but Don't vote for a party that has Bankrupted our country, sent our soldiers to war Without the proper equipment, Without enough equipment, and Without enough troops (against military advise) to fight a war in Iraq when we needed to be Afghanistan! This election is no joke and with the way things are going, don't think for one minute that you may be the next one out on the street without a job, a home, and healthcare!

carol kesling   September 13th, 2008 7:33 pm ET

AND THE LIES JUST KEEP ON COMING!!!!!! OBAMA AND PALIN 08!!! GO HOME MCPALIN….

truthteller   September 13th, 2008 7:33 pm ET

Let's see…so far…….
1. Was against the bridge to nowhere …….LIE
Was for it, then only 'against' it after Congress ridiculed it – kept the earmark $ anyway!
2. Was against earmarks …….LIE
Sought more earmarks PER CAPITA than any other MAYOR & GOVERNOR in the nation!
3. Foreign policy experience incl. IRAQ & IRELAND ….LIE!
All that's left is that she has 'seen' Russia' from Georgia
4. Is a REFORMER when it comes to ethics & honesty ….LIE
Is currently trying to block BIPARTISAN, INDEPENDENT COUNSEL investgation of TROOPERGATE
5. Agrees iwth McCain on GLOBAL WARMING as well as STEM CELL RESEARCH…..LIES!
Finally, the MSM will be forced to call the MCCain campaign for what it is! A pack of lies!

Brenda fl   September 13th, 2008 7:33 pm ET

Wow whats next, … more and more lies….laughable

Collins- Riverview, FL   September 13th, 2008 7:32 pm ET

John is gambling. So far…so good.

John, Independent from Ohio   September 13th, 2008 7:32 pm ET

wow, what else about her past is Gov. Palin lying about? i was thinking of voting for McCain because of her, but nope, i hate lying i don't trust her anymore.

Garth   September 13th, 2008 7:32 pm ET

You poor , naive, gullible Americans. Have you learned nothing over the last eight years ? In Canada were amazed that you might actually vote in this stunnigly unstable Republican ticket ! I gotta admit though ; you do keep things interesting.

The Surly Scholar   September 13th, 2008 7:31 pm ET

A republican that says one thing and does another? This comes as a profound shock to me. Totally.

Kathy   September 13th, 2008 7:31 pm ET

Bravo to Obama spokesman Bill Burton for saying "We will take no lectures from John McCain, who is cynically running the sleaziest and least honorable campaign in modern presidential campaign history and that he is running a campaign not worthy of the office he is seeking." McCain/Palin distortions of the truth as well as bald faced lies show that they will do anything to win the election. I just hope the majority of Americans will see that McCain can't focus on issues because he would certainly lose if citizens took the time to really read about and understand McCain/Palin idealogy. This election is bigger than abortion and gun control. It is about the survival of our democracy and our standing in the world.

Den   September 13th, 2008 7:31 pm ET

Wake Up America! Not only is the Iraq trip false, her trip to Mexico was on a vacation! A view of Russia across the Bering Strait gives her "insight" into Russian policy? That means when I put a band aid on my kids' elbow that makes me an orthopedic surgeon! "It's God's Will" is a cop out! That means not only whatever goes right, it's God's Will, and what ever doesn't go their way is God's Will also? Whatever happened to God's gift to man-free will? The free will to make the decisions and choices that are the "wills" that actually determine what we do on this planet? And this foreign policy expert is ready to go to war with Russia and or Iran at the drop of a hat? Once this planet is resting in a cloud of nuclear dust, will this same expert still claim it's "God's Will" just to try to prove her point? Oh, and as a veteran, I would like to thank her for painting a proverbial target on her son's chest, and those men and women serving next to him. Idiot!

Young Voter   September 13th, 2008 7:31 pm ET

My God. McCain-Palin are pathological liars!! That alone should disqualify them from becoming potus.

ike Morah   September 13th, 2008 7:30 pm ET

If we have to teach our kids not to lie, how can a Governor continue to lie openly while our children watch her on the Television.

John   September 13th, 2008 7:29 pm ET

S H A M E F U L S H A M E F U L S H AM E F U L

ike Morah   September 13th, 2008 7:28 pm ET

The media need to hold John McCain responsible for all this mess, and lies coming out from Sarah Palin's mouth.

anna, New York   September 13th, 2008 7:27 pm ET

Sarah Palin is scary! If she lies so much, as the article indicates, why would anyone, Republican or Democrat, consider voting this ticket????

Ilene   September 13th, 2008 7:26 pm ET

Geez, it's just one lie after another; doesn't anyone here get that this ticket is a disaster waiting to happen for another four years. I'm sick of this already — vote Obama/Biden. Bring hope back to our country rather than the acceptance of mediocrity that has become so pervasive in this country over the last 8 years.

Trysh   September 13th, 2008 7:26 pm ET

How many more lies are going to be found out about this woman?

the truth   September 13th, 2008 7:25 pm ET

Ohhhhhhhhhhh! She went to Mexico for a vacation!!!! She's qualifiesd to lead the free world.

Really?   September 13th, 2008 7:25 pm ET

I mean the lie about her not going to Iraq doesn't surprise me at all, but outside of North America for the first time, are you serious? That's absolutely pathetic, we need someone who is diplomatic, respected, and seasoned in world affairs and relations. Not her!

Obama Biden '08

Tim in Syracuse   September 13th, 2008 7:25 pm ET

Why would we expect an accurate account of her travels?

I can't wait to see the next statement from the McCain camp saying this revelation is sexist too.

FlaDem   September 13th, 2008 7:25 pm ET

Just one more lie, they are starting to add up.

ike Morah   September 13th, 2008 7:24 pm ET

Can somebody tell me why Governor Palin continues to lie about everything from going to Iraq, to bridge to Nowhere, to earmarks etc. Come on you media people, it is time to stop her from using your program to perpetuate lies to the infinite, this is wrong, and an abomination for that matter.

Dave of MD   September 13th, 2008 7:24 pm ET

LIAR, LIAR, MOOSE ON FIRE!

So much deception in the Republican campaign. Wake up America, don't fall for them. Eight years is enough.

maynard hopkins wi   September 13th, 2008 7:24 pm ET

NEW REPORTERS !!!!!!!!! WHAT WOULD WE EVER DO WITHOUT THEM

Sarah....and my last name isn't Palin   September 13th, 2008 7:23 pm ET

This nightmare that is Sarah Palin has got to stop. This is crazy! She's interviewing for the 2nd highest job in the world, and she is failing badly. She is not remotely qualified. Not by a long shot. McCain is a cynical old man, and made a terribly disappointing choice for VP.

S. Holt   September 13th, 2008 7:23 pm ET

Oh my goodness.. The truth will set us free. Obama does not have to question her false statements and fabrications. She is a liar and the hot air is starting to come out of her balloon. Broken and deflated hot air balloons are hazardous to our health. Go back to Alaska Todd and Sarah, you will never reside in Washington. Go Obama. People first, Let the truth be told….

Robert   September 13th, 2008 7:23 pm ET

I think the nation is waiting to see if Sarah Palin has left her ego behind and started to realize she's in way over her head running as VP. This will collapse and it's not going to be pretty.

Joseph   September 13th, 2008 7:22 pm ET

And the Republican word twisting machine fails again. Conduct unbecoming of a politician even.

Pinocchios Begone   September 13th, 2008 7:22 pm ET

Geeze, every time I turn around there seems to be yet another report about something new that Palin has misrepresented and she's been on the national scene all of what…two weeks? What a disgrace. And THIS is who the Christian Right support and hold up as their poster child? Unbelievable! Then when you consider all the lies about Obama in McCain's campaign ads, the same McCain who says he prays every day. Has he not heard, "thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour"??

Palin may not have heard about the "Bush doctrine" but she's seems to be a follower of the "Pinocchio Doctrine"! McCain too, in my opinion.

Tony   September 13th, 2008 7:22 pm ET

Wow! Another false McCain Ad! Has a single one of his ads not been proven false by independent fact check orgs?

Barbara - Georgia   September 13th, 2008 7:21 pm ET

Liar, Liar, paints on fire!!!

B Reese   September 13th, 2008 7:21 pm ET

John McCcain has lost all respect that people had for him in 2000. His straight talk express has fallen off the track. His constant lying on the campaign trail about Barack Obama will come back to bite him. His campaign is run by ex-Bush staffers and Karl Rove, the head sleaze bag from the Bush Administration. People see through his lies and distortions from the truth. McCain's selection of Palin for VP is purely political. She knows nothing about national security or the world in general. McCain's campaign will not allow her to answer questions from the press for good reason; her answers would show that she doesn"t know anything about foreign policy, national security, domestic policy , the war in Iraq or even what role a VP plays as part of the executive branch. She has lied about "The Bridge to Nowwhere", having supported it before it became a national disgrace wherein she decided to not support it. She said she is against "Earmarks", but even hired lobyists to get earmarks for not only her town but also for her state. She used her position as Governer to fire Alaska's top cop because he would not fire her ex-brother-in- law as she and the rest of her family wanted. To make her a VP candidate is the worst move of any Presidential candidate. She is not prepared to be president especially to take the place of McCain who has one foot in the grave and one foot on a banana peel.

maeve   September 13th, 2008 7:21 pm ET

Hey! I've visited Mexican restaurants and I've been within seeing distance of Canada! Would these also count as foreign travel experiences to the McCain camp?

Ito   September 13th, 2008 7:20 pm ET

Trigger-happy Palin is miscalculating. She thinks that her deploying her son to Iraq will give her the image of a tough fighter who supports the Iraq war.

Americans are tired of wars, they want to rebuild their sattered economy and be able to do business with the world again in a respectful way.
The Iraq war is not on top of the issues voters care about – the economy is.

AUSTIN,TX   September 13th, 2008 7:20 pm ET

IS THERE ANYTHING THE McCAIN CAMPAIGN WILL NOT LIE ABOUT?

John McPain   September 13th, 2008 7:19 pm ET

Another lie? No way?

Tyler in Raleigh   September 13th, 2008 7:18 pm ET

Good foreign policy list.

Layover in Ireland (I guess I could be mayor of Atlanta if layovers counted as experience)

Went to vacation in Mexico and Canada once (Ive been on vacation in more countries and more times, so I guess I have foreign policy experience too)

Add to that she can see Russia (but has never spoken with them) from Alaska and she sure is ready on day 1.

serah   September 13th, 2008 7:18 pm ET

How can the evangelicals keep defending her to be a conservative christian when she keeps on lying to move forward. She does not think for a second when asked to respond on very critical issues, she just utters which is very dangerous. We know that family has its ups and downs. But it struck me to see her choose campaign over her family which needed her most. she is greedy for power and attention she wants all eyes on her, she does not care how her toddler is handling it. She was already a governor could she not have been satisfied with that office. Must she be a VP to get satisfaction of serving America?? She needs to slow down. And women she is lying to you about being a hockey mom, She has her family intact, has a well paying job, a supportive husband and you are struggling to survive on your own without help from the fathers of your kids. Do not be fooled, do not be used, she does not have your interests at heart.

Canadian in Cali...   September 13th, 2008 7:18 pm ET

I don't think it really matters. She has effectively given the bigots and ignoramuses of the right-wing someone to cheer and vote for.

If substance (i.e. talent, education, achievement, truthfullness) or judgement (i.e. against Iraq war) mattered the Repubs would be dead in the water.

In fact all that matters is the GOP have a new pet, and she's shiny and white…

KofTX   September 13th, 2008 7:17 pm ET

I also wish the media wouldn't trivialize the McCain campaigns' dishonesty.

IT SHOULD BE A BIG DEAL WHEN A PRESIDENTIAL OR VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LIES AND INTENTIONALLY MISLEADS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE REGARDING THEIR RECORD AND POSITIONS ON POLITICAL ISSUES.

ADK   September 13th, 2008 7:17 pm ET

We clearly see a pattern of deception on the part of the Mcsame campaign. They have consistently lied and distorted facts to pad her record. It's not going to work. Just the other day, I read that this campaign inflated the number of people that attended their rally in Virginia by as much as three. Who are they fooling?
This makes me to wonder if she has gone to canada, Mexico and Ireland as she says. There is so much discrepancy in their stories.
I'm an independent and I am leaning towards OB.

vote4Obama   September 13th, 2008 7:17 pm ET

Not Surprising! Falsehoods, Lies and Misleading Information is all you ever get from McCain/Palin. I went to my first protest today against the pro-choice stand that McCain/Palin stand on here in Anchorage Alaska and because this event was so publicized I expected more McCain/Palin supporters but that was not the case. 100's to each 10 supporters for McCain. This race is not over in Alaska!

Denise   September 13th, 2008 7:16 pm ET

lies , lies – it is all coming out!!!

Sarah's Lies   September 13th, 2008 7:16 pm ET

Will it ever end. Is there ever going to be just one story, where sarah palin does not stretch the truth, make misleading claims, or just out and out lie! Has she no shame? I really hope that these are not the morals that she is teaching to her children.

David P, Santa Rosa, CA   September 13th, 2008 7:16 pm ET

Ya gottal love the logic of Gov. Palin/Sen. McCains team… Sarah has little if any foreign policy knowledge, BUT… she can see Russia from her kitchen window and that somehow, makes her like middle-America Joe, and capable of leading our nation in foriegn affairs. I can't wait to hear her stance on immigration and how that might be spun.

Oh this is so much fun! We citizens had better take the time to laugh and enjoy this "silly season" but also never forget the depths our nation had to plunge before "we the people" awoke.

I pray that Senators Obama and Biden remain true to thier core character and beliefs and that they actually will try to put people ahead of interests that are corporate and not citizen focused.

Obama/Biden 08!

p.s. I just gave another $5 to the campaign. I only make $1000/mo. My point is… almost anyone can figure a way to contribute something, even a token amount, to the campaign. Please try… for our great country and for those of us living in this country. Help yourself… contribute in some way.

jennifer, Evergreen, CO   September 13th, 2008 7:16 pm ET

McCain/Palin continue to perpetuate one lie after another. Please call them on it. Do your job and call them what they are: LIARS.

JFK   September 13th, 2008 7:15 pm ET

McCain can claim more time in Washington but that does not equate to more experience or better leadership qualities. It obviously has not done our country any good either with him in Washington.

JC from CA   September 13th, 2008 7:15 pm ET

Any woman who can breastfeed and skeet shoot at the same time is qualified to be the president.

Tony   September 13th, 2008 7:15 pm ET

Not a big deal. Lots of people are afraid of going to Iraq.

Lin   September 13th, 2008 7:15 pm ET

Why are they lying? Haven't we had enough yet? Cindy McCain for something as simple as recipes? How stupid is that?? John McCain for the "elite-est " comments, among other things, and now Palin with all sorts of tales? If they want people to believe their promises, plans, etc.- PLEASE tell the truth NOW for pete's sake. Is this the pair we want to lead our country? Is Palin anywhere capable of helping to lead, or possibly leading, our country?

Candy West Virginia   September 13th, 2008 7:15 pm ET

So she lied AGAIN, what else is new? Come on, she is a pathological liar, but that isn't knew, we all knew that from the beginning.

Yasriel   September 13th, 2008 7:14 pm ET

How long will American continue to fall for these GOP lies?

Ron   September 13th, 2008 7:14 pm ET

It appears the McCain people have overstated many Palin accomplishments.

She stated she was responsible for ending the bridge to nowhere. That statement was incorrect because now we know she supported it and that Congress (not Palin) killed it (and she kept the money for that bridge and built a road to nowhere).

McCain himself stated Palin sold the plane on ebay for a profit, which was incorrect. It was actually sold to a private buyer through a broker at a loss to the Alaska people. She then began charging the state for flights for her and her family members.

She has stated she is against earmarks, yet hired a lobbyist to get millions in earmarks for Alaska now her trip to Iraq is untrue.

She is just like any other politician. Says what she has to to get votes, even if what she says is a lie. I realized this when she continued to avoid questions in her Gibson interview.

He had to ask her point blank three times what she would do for the economy. He asked about her foreign affairs experience and she started talking about energy.

Back to Obama for me.

New button: Palin – just another politician.

Ken   September 13th, 2008 7:14 pm ET

I truly would like to know why the media is so bent on destroying Palin and giving Obama coverage as if he were the second coming!

The media needs to be a bit more impartial and start going after Obama for his lack of any experience to run this country. At least both McCain and Palin have had leadership jobs.

Obama has not even run a small business, local or state government. Why isn't the media going after Obama??

Why the witch hunt about Palin?

Palin the Truth hurts.   September 13th, 2008 7:14 pm ET

The Only thing that will change is who is Telling the Lies to the American Public..

Sarah's shoe of choice: Naughty Monkey   September 13th, 2008 7:14 pm ET

.."In What Repsect, Charlie??"

Bill   September 13th, 2008 7:13 pm ET

Surprise surprise…more misinformation from the McCain camp.

Triciaa   September 13th, 2008 7:13 pm ET

McCain only asked the mooses in Alaska whether Palin is worthy to be Vice President and possibly President. We now know that his vetting team never vetted Palin thoroughly. America, this election is too important to our children and the future of this country to allow lies and ignorance to guide us in the next four years.

Where's the truth?   September 13th, 2008 7:13 pm ET

More lies. It's hard to believe that God would be on the side of those who lie consistently.

Frank, MO   September 13th, 2008 7:13 pm ET

She claims 'visiting Ireland' when her plane was refueling in that country. Why did she not claim all the countries she has seen on the discovery channel (or does she maybe not watch documentaries without oil and moose?)

AH   September 13th, 2008 7:13 pm ET

grab your shovels there's so much more about this little darlin'. she would be comical if she weren't so tragic and the ramifications so dire.

Chipster   September 13th, 2008 7:12 pm ET

Good Grief! How can anyone continue to support the Republican fools running our country into the ground? Even religious fanatics must have to accept reality at some point, don't they?

John Starnes   September 13th, 2008 7:11 pm ET

"Visiting Ireland" was actually a fueling stop? I wonder what those other international "visits" were really for? Looks like the lipstick is wearing thin.

D from Nm   September 13th, 2008 7:11 pm ET

Oh she scares me so much. Can you imagine her as president?

Jon   September 13th, 2008 7:11 pm ET

Hasn't she always maintained that she visited Kuwait? So what's the issue here?

margaret   September 13th, 2008 7:11 pm ET

i cannot beleive this woman. she lied to charlie gibson. she really scares me as a woman with her policies. she is no hillary clinton. pull up the tape of what mccain said in the debates about small town mayors and governors who had hardly any experience. he is really running sleazy compaign. shame on him.

Kevin. Providence RI   September 13th, 2008 7:10 pm ET

I like McCain. I really do. I think he would be better suited to handle foreign affairs. (Even with a foreign affairs whiz like Joe Biden now on Obama's ticket… Biden-Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee) But I can't vote for McCain now that he has chosen some as inexperienced as Sarah Palin.

I guess I'm still torn. But I'm finding myself leaning to the Democratic ticket now.

Also fwiw, I think it will be funny to see Biden mop the floor with Palin in the VP debates. Which now pique my interest in a lot of ways more than the Presidential debates do. (Those I think Obama and McCain will likely "split.")

If anyone here wants to see this woman open her trap for a good laugh, watch her interview on ABC….

In which she basically said NATO should accept Georgia into the organization, and that any further conflict from Russia would lead to conflict with the US…. oh but we should enter to "Cold war mentalites."

Ugg…. Her avoiding the Sunday talk shows the first week she was chosen was a good idea by the McCain camp. They need her to read her speaches that are written for her, sit around and look pretty…..and NOT TALK.

Kev from Providence.

No way no Palin   September 13th, 2008 7:10 pm ET

Unqualified. IF ANY BODY SEEN THE INTERVIEW WITH CHARLIE GIBSON AND LOVED THIS COUNTRY THEY WOULD NOT VOTE MCCAIN-PALIN. DIDN'T KNOW BUSH DOCTRINE. CAN SEE RUSSIA SO THATS FORIEGN POLICY EXPERIENCE. EXTREMELY!!UNQUALIFIED!

Sean   September 13th, 2008 7:09 pm ET

What won't they lie about? If they lie this much on the campaign…how can we trust them to govern? The answer is we can't. Vote for honesty, vote for Obama/Biden.

C FL   September 13th, 2008 7:08 pm ET

The McCain campaign continues to lie and deceive. Palin does not have the foreign policy experience to be VP.

Montana is Obama Country   September 13th, 2008 7:08 pm ET

**
will the lies ever END with this woman… Again… Liars in the whitehouse is NOT an America we can or should live with another 4 years..!!

**

Kim   September 13th, 2008 7:08 pm ET

If you believe you are the right candidate, could you not just tell the truth? This goes for both sides.

Sue   September 13th, 2008 7:08 pm ET

Of course she didn't. Now will they also admit all the other lies the RNC and she herself has touted over the past two weeks? Since the lies are not selling, maybe they could try the truth, but then we'd all know how really unqualified the woman is for the job she seeks. I just hope the Republican voters are paying attention-this team is a disaster for the US.

Ev-VA   September 13th, 2008 7:08 pm ET

Lies are what McCain is good at just like George Bush. His whole campaign is a lie. We all know Palin was not vetted throughly. The Bridge to Nowhere-LIE No Earmarks another Lie, No Iraq quess what another Lie the list goes on and on!

Seems to Me: Palin Is Failin'

McCain-Palin "The Original Liars"

Obama-Biden 08 "The Original Candidates of Change"

Anna   September 13th, 2008 7:07 pm ET

SURPRISE, SURPRISE? NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why McCain   September 13th, 2008 7:07 pm ET

White woman are not the only important group in American. There are other ethnic groups and men. When are the American people going to stop putting white women on a pedestal?

Everyone is important.

McCain and Palin don't seem to care about all of America, just a small fraction.

The president of such a diverse country should care about all Americans not just white people.

Tom   September 13th, 2008 7:07 pm ET

There goes Palin`s foreign policy experience out the window, sooner or later the truth will always reveal itself.

She is all smoke, and mirrors.

All i keep seeing is Sarah talking about Obama, but never about the issues that matters of us Americans.

Shirley-Ohio   September 13th, 2008 7:06 pm ET

LIE AFTER LIE AFTER LIE TO WIN YOUR VOTE.

Canadian   September 13th, 2008 7:06 pm ET

Talk about arrogance. Obama actually believes that "in his own words" As a Mayor, you fill pot holes, trim trees and make sure the garbage is taken away. What an insult to all the dedicated people that put their names up for election and work for very little renumeration.. Manage budgets, recruit industry, work to better every aspect of the peoples lives who they represent.

D Newhall   September 13th, 2008 7:06 pm ET

It seems Ms Palin struggled mightily to actually complete a basic college education-5 transfers, 4 colleges, 6 years. I wonder if she can reliably find Iraq or Afghanistan on a map without coaching. Could she name the lower 48 states and locate them on a map? Does she have a clue that our country is a rich multiracial mix and that most people live in urban areas and have no experience with shooting wolves from a helicopter?
She is promoting a myth of a fictitious past that most Americans at this point never experienced.
The good ol' days are gone. This country as the McCain/Palin ticket would have us believe doesn't exist. It's a new world, with very new problems and issues. McCain/Palin does not get it.

Kathy in CT   September 13th, 2008 7:06 pm ET

Does Sarah Palin tell the truth about ANYTHING? Other than the fact that she has four kids???

Every claim she made in her RNC speech has been proven to be either an outright lie, or something terribly misleading.

Christians values? Commandment 6: Tell the TRUTH, sly Sarah.

Mark from Philly   September 13th, 2008 7:05 pm ET

Man, the Obama campaign is over-blowing, distorting, and downright misleading people about McCain, Palin, and their campaign. Actually they are twisting facts into lies to support their panic mode. This sounds as if they think they have a "Gotcha" but they don't. Palin did not say she visited the troops in Iraq. She didn't say she visited Ireland either. This is all much ado about nothing and Obama is making himself and his campaign appear weak, insecure, and, actually, frantic.

Bob   September 13th, 2008 7:05 pm ET

She could see into Iraq, so I guess that counts…

Rich in Seattle   September 13th, 2008 7:04 pm ET

So she…li…what's the word I'm looking for? Liiieeee…. something. OH yeah, LIED! Again and again. I once saw Mexico from San Diego, does that mean I've been there too? Plus there was all that time I spent in Houston, so I know all about how Ike affected that city, after all, I had a layover flight there once.

Who are the people who are buying this Republican bull?!? Are people really that stupid!?!? Well, someone elected Bush to office twice.

Amy from Michigan   September 13th, 2008 7:04 pm ET

I for one would like to THANK THE AMERICAN NEWS ORGANIZATIONS FOR VETTING PALIN!
If the Boston Globe hadn't exposed this lie, McCain and Palin would have continued to mislead the American people about this issue!
Over the past two weeks it has been the media, not McCain, telling us the truth about Palin's record as governor. She asked for and took earmarks! She was for the bridge! She didn't sell the plane on ebay or for a profit! She hired a Washington lobbyist! Obama wasn't talking about Palin when he made the pig remark! McCain and Palin are running the most deceitful campaign I can remember, which makes me wonder how deceitful a McCain/Palin presidency would be.
Hopefully, we will never find out. We've been lied to enough!
Obama/Biden

Enlightened Voter   September 13th, 2008 7:04 pm ET

So when Obama hadn't been in two years mccain bashed him continuously for it yet his running mate has NEVER been. What hypocrisy! Tired of the lies, the spins, the deceit, tired of the rethuglicans.

MarioB. from Berlin FOR OBAMA   September 13th, 2008 7:03 pm ET

finally the lies will destroy the McShame-Failin campaign and I'm loving to see that coming, and I'm looking for Obama's landsline win in Nov.
coz bill Clinton said so :)

Bush 3rd Term   September 13th, 2008 7:03 pm ET

Lies
Lies
Lies
and More Lies

Keep them coming…this is the only way to keep the Bush legacy alive…
Who cares if Palin is the worst VP pick in history
McCain is the oldest out of touch Presidental pick in history
Bush was the worst President in history
The Republican tradition to destroy the country will continue with McCain and Palin….just wait

AA   September 13th, 2008 7:03 pm ET

Now THAT is foreign policy experience.

Whew, I feel so much better.

Good job.

Can't wait for the debates, should be about a 20 point swing as this unqualified actress is exposed.

Peace.

mike e danville,va   September 13th, 2008 7:02 pm ET

I want to know how she visited the wounded in Iraq if she did'nt go to Iraq?

ken   September 13th, 2008 7:02 pm ET

can any one tell me if they investagated, if mrs palan was on a policitical junket sponcered by lobbiest, or was this a miltary air craft, or comerical, becuase i never heard of any plane leaving germany for the states having to get re fueled in ireland , how long was she in ireland, it seems that about 1/3 of all the things she had claimed during the campain have been proven not to be true, showing video of her in iraq with the troops, then saying now , ah i did cross a border crossing into iraq but went right back does not make this right , mc cain complained that obama did not visit the troops in germany and made a very big issue of it now palan never visited the troops in iraq as her video showed, but im bothered about this going to ireland thing ,has it been investigated, this story about getting fuel , to me is so far fetched, how long was she there , on what kind of air craft goes from germany to ireland fo fuel, i find that very hard to belive ,95% of all air traffic from germany is non stop to the states, it sounds like a lobbiest junket to me. the part about going to ireland to germany can not possibbly be true.if investagated will proubly be proven a non truth item ,after knowing her daughter was 5 mths pregnant, she never once told the party during that 5 months about this problem, nor did mc cain interviw staff catch it , like iraq you find out before the truth comes out that you have been misslead or even lied to. if you check this trip you will find out there was more to it than being said. ken

Kdawg   September 13th, 2008 7:01 pm ET

Ok CNN, WHAT ARE YOU DOING! In my view you are perpetuating a disaster. Palin, Palin Palin Palin. ENOUGH!

Seriously, I want to hear more about the issues. Where do the PRESIDENTIAL candidates stand on the ISSUES. But I guess your ratings are more important than informing the public on thing that really matter.

CNN…You went from good, to complacent, to rating happy, to nothing but a disgrace.

Voter   September 13th, 2008 7:00 pm ET

Another LIE??? I'm SHOCKED! (no, not really)

Don't forget, Palin has experience w/ Russia because she "can see Russia from one of Alaska's islands"

this is such a circus…

Mike   September 13th, 2008 7:00 pm ET

Our greatest civic responsibility as citizens of the United States is to cast our votes wisely for those who will be tasked to lead and represent our country.

Listen to the candidates as they respond to the issues and determine if they have the maturity and wisdom to govern our nation. Theirs will be no small task, and we can ill afford the added repercussions of electing leaders who have a shallow or naive understanding of the issues and challenges that face our nation and the world.

We must think before casting our votes and place intelligence in the White House.

Christian from Mi   September 13th, 2008 6:59 pm ET

Republicans lying through their teeth for power, why do people find this surpising every time it happens?

Obama/Biden 08   September 13th, 2008 6:59 pm ET

Okay let's be serious. If you can't even tell the truth about going to Iraq, how in the world can we expect you to tell the truth about anything! Yes, you and McCain are made for each other, but not for the White House. Note to Palin you don't have to tell White Lies to get into the White House!

In the words of Sam Cooke… A Change Is Coming, and that change is in the form of Barack Obama and Joe Biden!

Obama/Biden 08!

STILLBELIEVE   September 13th, 2008 6:59 pm ET

watc hing tv today only one channel msnbc had anything good to say about obama . cnn, fox, headline bloomberg ,and fox new
all talk about sarah palin .&mcain. its so sad that the black man has to compete with everyone america will elect hitler before a black man

jay   September 13th, 2008 6:58 pm ET

Yap I told you….. Expect more to come.

Obama 08   September 13th, 2008 6:58 pm ET

This is just the first of many things we will find out that she has not gone beyond…such as just having a Journalism Degree. She has not gone beyond her undergraduate studies.

Susie   September 13th, 2008 6:58 pm ET

And THERE'S her foreign policy experiece, ladies and gentleman!

American Son   September 13th, 2008 6:58 pm ET

oh moose-munch,,, why do-ith thy lie soooooooooo much????

tell the truth and shame the DEVIL, little moosey-moo. it'll be that much easier for you. oh wait! i forgot, you're campaigning with HIM!!!!

moose-munch & bunch strike again…falling, falling, falling, ohhhhh…..

SPLAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

more lies   September 13th, 2008 6:58 pm ET

"Campaign confirms Palin did not go beyond Iraqi border"
In some circles we call that a LIE

betsy   September 13th, 2008 6:57 pm ET

Is there no end to their lies? And people seem to be swallowing it hook, line and sinker. It shows how seriously the Republicans really care about their country…lies don't matter, just winning. I am an independent and am looking for intelligence in my president. This is so unbelievable that the American people are falling for this yet again. I don't understand, I really don't.

Mark Billingsley   September 13th, 2008 6:57 pm ET

WOW! Another lie? I'm shocked! Absolutely shocked. What else will we find when she is fully vetted?

Psbro   September 13th, 2008 6:56 pm ET

So what? Where is the story? Obama didn't travel until he could get all you breastfeeding media folks to follow. Question. Are you at CNN paid Obama staff members or are you volunteers?
You do know that you no longer have any credibility don't you. You definitely are no longer the "most trusted" of the networks. It sad what you have done to a legacy Ted Turner worked so hard to attain.

Kris in Oregon   September 13th, 2008 6:56 pm ET

Bush campaigned with lies and deception and what we got was 8 years of continued lies, corruption and violation of the laws.

So what do all the McCain supporters think they will bet if McShame and Palin are elected? Do they think he will suddenly be a honest and upright in his actions?????

Bush lied in his campaign and then in 8 years. Logic holds that if McShame lies now he will do the same in office.

Wake UP America!!!!

aware   September 13th, 2008 6:56 pm ET

Sarah rocks while Obama rots! :)

Kristen   September 13th, 2008 6:56 pm ET

McCain's campaign LIES. Haven't we had enough of leaders that LIE to us? Obama may not be perfect, but he's not a LIAR!

Not Credible   September 13th, 2008 6:56 pm ET

Yet another "half-truth" from Mrs. Palin. Does the Republican Party have any ethics?

I can not follow McCain.

ms j   September 13th, 2008 6:55 pm ET

You know I thought This woman who came on the platform at the convention with McCain was really a maverick, well I got really disappointed! I am a Hillary supporter who was going to vote the GOP ticket, but after all the STUFF that's coming out of the woodworks about Gov Palin, especially the investigations, earmarks and the way Sen McCain flat out lied on the View, the way Palin conducted herself on ABC with Mr Gibson, she is definitely no HILLARY! Anyone who have some common sense could see this woman is a FAKE! I was hoping she would be for us, but she is really for the PRESTIGE of VP and doing whatever it takes to shine. This VP has hurt me, and I refuse to give what is very important to me, which is my vote, to someone who lied about going to Iraq to visit the soldiers and if no other Democrat care about those men & women who gave their lives that we Americans might remain a free country, I will. Hillary and Obama have proven to be Authentic. I was listening to Hannity & Limbaugh and I feel real bad for allowing myself to be caught up in the deception of Operation Chaos. Sorry, I'm coming back home Democrats!!!!

EyesWideOpen   September 13th, 2008 6:55 pm ET

This woman is such a joke! McCain must have spent all of two minutes vetting this clown. All she did was back track in the Gibson interviews and she's getting caught in brand new lies every day! No wonder McCain waited almost two weeks before allowing Palin to answer even one question. No way Grampa John and Peggy Hill will ever get my vote.

emily   September 13th, 2008 6:55 pm ET

Another lie

TRBoston   September 13th, 2008 6:54 pm ET

Has anything about Palin actually been true? What a sham. The McCain campaign is creating a Rorschach candidate for Middle America that exists entirely in mythology. They could have chosen a random registered Republican out of a hat and created the same stories. The worst thing is they can probably get away with this and with spreading vile lies in their ads and on the stump because anyone who tries to rebuff them belongs to the evil liberal media.

mike e danville,va   September 13th, 2008 6:54 pm ET

When do the unnecessary lies stop. If this was any other job you were applying for they would have thrown your application away,

Smart women   September 13th, 2008 6:54 pm ET

Hello wake up america pailin she is lebnon and france back ground
I really love it this women,becouse iam arab back ground.

Thanks,

Fatima.

gc   September 13th, 2008 6:54 pm ET

Lies, LIES, and More Republican LIES. How many lies can the electorate ingest from the RNC before tossing these fruitcakes.

GC
in Lubbock

Wake Up Zombies!!!   September 13th, 2008 6:53 pm ET

This woman is completely inept. Don't let the Republicans dumb down the first female candidate to be put on a republican ticket.

Republicans…we are not stupid. Stop using your lies and distractions to win another election and further destroy this country.

We are adults and this is not a vote for the high school prom queen.

You claim you love this country yet you manipulate the people you claim to represent.

Shame on you.

john wade   September 13th, 2008 6:53 pm ET

drip drip drip drip drip drip drip drip drip

Nobama   September 13th, 2008 6:53 pm ET

Too bad Obama is not big enough to pick Clinton. I, a Clinton support er, now am all for McCain-Palin. I can see Obama takes any opportunities to attack Palin by twisting the facts. It is so obvious and is not working for me.

Nobama

Honorable Kansas Vet   September 13th, 2008 6:53 pm ET

The Flip Flop twins, McCain and Palin. Do say we say and make beleive that we do, not as we do.

Corrine   September 13th, 2008 6:53 pm ET

Wow – I've taken more trips outside of the U.S. than Palin, and I'm only a law school student in my early 20s. Also, I guess Clinton's 18,000 supporters weren't paying attention to the fact that Palin previously described the Clinton campaign's cries of sexism as "whining" and setting women back.

Dompycat   September 13th, 2008 6:52 pm ET

This women is a total fraud. OMG!

Hottopics   September 13th, 2008 6:51 pm ET

This woman is a crackpot. I bet John McCain is sorry he picked her.

Fabian   September 13th, 2008 6:51 pm ET

The worst thing you can do is lying about your work experience. In real world if you exagerated or lied about your professional past, you're mostly likely to lose your job or pay a price in one way or another. Americans have been blinded by folksy talk for the last 8 years, and I think this time around, for the sake of the wellness of their country, they should at least get past being able to hunt as an ultimate qualification to lead the country.

Double Talk Express   September 13th, 2008 6:50 pm ET

Oh my gosh, you mean the straight talk express just isn't so?

They may be trying to mislead the voters?

It's not like the current republica* administration has mislead the country………………oh wait, they did!

Why on Earth would anyone think this administration would be any different?

Smell the coffee yet?

Wake Up Zombies!!!   September 13th, 2008 6:50 pm ET

Wow Palin lied.

Ya_Ya   September 13th, 2008 6:50 pm ET

I don't think that anyone who has truly been following this woman is surprised, and I still think we've barely seen the tip of this iceberg.

Mike   September 13th, 2008 6:50 pm ET

So, basically, considering that I have been to Europe for vacation, one could say that I have more foreign policy experience than Sarah Palin.

MIKE IN 2012 – MORE QUALIFIED THAN HALF THE REPUBLICAN TICKET!

Robert   September 13th, 2008 6:50 pm ET

It sounds as if McCain acted precipitously in selecting Sarah Palin without a thorough investigation into what her qualifications to be president are. If this is an example of his decision making pocess I can't help but feel that he would present s serious danger to the nation were he to be making decisions as a president. His fuse is too short and his mouth is too vulgar.

peggy chaney   September 13th, 2008 6:50 pm ET

How many lies is she going to tell before they are elected?How many will they tell after,just like Bush/McCain?Carl R isstepping up his trash! We better not fall for it .Wewill all be the ones to lose.Do we not want a different gov?We will have it with the the democrats!
peg,tenn.

Prema   September 13th, 2008 6:49 pm ET

When will the American voter wake up and see the lies, distortions, half-truths and outright deception of this campaign? Why is the media not tougher and quicker on exposing the lies?

Dan, MA (Independent for Obama)   September 13th, 2008 6:49 pm ET

Well, Palin didn't visit troops and she's not wearing a flag pin. It must be because she's an evil horrible American-hating commie terrorist who doesn't care about our troops. If that's what the Republicans want to say about their opponents, there's no reason it should be a double standard.

Ward   September 13th, 2008 6:49 pm ET

What a shock. Another lie. I'm sure it will get no media coverage and this posting will never be published.

Julie   September 13th, 2008 6:48 pm ET

Mrs. Palin and Mr. McCain have taken the straight talk express and drove it off the cliff. Where is the honor ?

Sue   September 13th, 2008 6:48 pm ET

HOW SAD! I wonder where are the republicans' clever little statements now

Israel   September 13th, 2008 6:48 pm ET

THE LIES FROM MCCAIN CAMP IS TOO MUCH. THEY WILL BE WORSE THAN BUSH (LYING ABOUT WMD) BECAUSE THEY ARE LYING THEIR WAY TO THE WHITEHOUSE. I FEAR FOR US ALL NO TRUTH WILL COME OUT OF THEIR MOUTH.

Obama/Biden 08

Mitt Romney 2012

vp   September 13th, 2008 6:48 pm ET

Oh boy, Sarah and McCain is becoming a joke.

kathryn pizzo   September 13th, 2008 6:48 pm ET

The Palin campaign does not even know how to tell the truth on such simple issues as a travel itinerary. Not to mention the bridge to nowhere and a myriad of other issues already identified in only weeks of being in the public spotlight. How can anyone expect the truth on anything that surrounds this joke of a woman? Please Americans, use your brain and run run run from McCain/Palin and their lies.

Joe   September 13th, 2008 6:48 pm ET

I don't know where they are coming up with these polls. I am 60 years old and have never been polled. Furthermore, I am a die-hard republican who for the first time in all good conscience cannot vote for the sad picks that the Republicans have made this year. They are the scariest two people out there, one pushing war more than the next. I am a very proud (I guess now an independent) American who will be voting for Barack Obama this year. God help all of us if we are destined to another four years of the Bush tactics and war plans. If McCain and Palin are so pro-life, then why do they continue to send out troops to kill. It isn't the troops fault. I respect them for fighting for their country, it is the leaders at the top who preach war, war, and more war, and spend, spend, spend and more spending that could be used at home for health care, jobs, and education.
Thank you.

Andy in ATL   September 13th, 2008 6:48 pm ET

We need all the truth in this election and the McCain campaign should keep it in mind that their liars will not help them. I have traveled to 15 foreign countries and Sarah Palin have gone to only 3, hmmm I wonder how she is qualified to deal with out foreign affairs.

JTF   September 13th, 2008 6:47 pm ET

When is someone going to wake up to the fact that this woman is a pathological liar, and will say anything to get what she wants? I doubt many people would have been turned off to the fact that she hadn't traveled outside the US – after all, many Americans don't have the opportunity to do so, and it isn't truly a requirement to being an educated and informed person. So why the continual barrage of lies and trying to claim that a refueling stop constitutes "visiting Ireland"?

If she lied about this, what is the real truth about that Bridge to Nowhere, earmarks, her daughter "wanting" to keep that baby, rumors of abuse of power, and all the other rather scurrilous claims that are being used to put some gloss on this pit bull?

Sandra   September 13th, 2008 6:47 pm ET

Once again Palin has been caught in an untruth…can we believe anything that comes out of her mouth?People that lie about little things usually lie about larger issues.What really bothers me is that she didn't know the very basic Bush Doctrine….an excuse to go into Iraq…shoot first and ask questions later.Quick to pull the trigger but slow with answers afterwards.
No way..No how…Never Palin &Bush,Mc Cain

ken mesle   September 13th, 2008 6:46 pm ET

It seems that Governor Palin lies for no apparent reason. Lying about traveling to four countries rather than stating the truth about only visiting Kuwait and Germany… Is four the magic number that makes you a world traveler?

renee   September 13th, 2008 6:46 pm ET

lol…

Maggie VT   September 13th, 2008 6:46 pm ET

OMG!!!!! Do the lies ever stop??? Take a good look, people before you vote!!!!!

WOMEN FOR OBAMA   September 13th, 2008 6:45 pm ET

What a joke! LIES LIES LIES! You can't believe a word the McCain camp says!

McTourEurope   September 13th, 2008 6:45 pm ET

The last four stories on your ticker are all about Palin. Guys its becoming ridiculous. Please cover the hurricane if you have nothing to do!

Karen   September 13th, 2008 6:44 pm ET

Gee..imagine her stretching the truth about an "experience".

Palin 2012   September 13th, 2008 6:44 pm ET

Palin is still better than Hillary. We will bury anyone who stands against McCain.

Palin 2012

Ray   September 13th, 2008 6:44 pm ET

Bush/McCain republicans are going to need an army of spin doctors to go around cleaning up all McCan and Palin's lies and untruths. When are the McBushs going to start talking about real issues (job loss, 2 wars, education, healthcare, foreclosures, bank failures, etc.).

Rodney Smith   September 13th, 2008 6:44 pm ET

I'm starting to wonder if Palin is ACTUALLY a woman!

donna   September 13th, 2008 6:44 pm ET

Here we go again another change to "a story".
What's next ? A new resume altogether?

L. Reid   September 13th, 2008 6:44 pm ET

The truth is starting to come out. Hope these biased news organizations can do their part and ask real IMPORTANT questions. Or maybe they'll sequester facts like they did with the run-up to the Iraq war

Obama/Biden 08/12

Sarah in Flag bikini and Rifle in Hand   September 13th, 2008 6:44 pm ET

Another outright lie. Why???

PAUL   September 13th, 2008 6:44 pm ET

WE MAY NEED JOHN MCCAIN IN THE WHITE HOUSE, BUT FOR VICE PRESIDENT, A LIER, NO WAY. JOHN MCCAINS HERO, THEODORE ROOSEVELT MUST BE TURNING IN HIS GRAVE. COME ON JOHN YOU COULD HAVE DONE BETTER…I CERTAINLY DON'G WANT 232 YEARS OF HISTORY TO GO DOWN THE SEWER.

nate   September 13th, 2008 6:43 pm ET

McCain is lying to you America – youre being played. Wake up!

funn   September 13th, 2008 6:43 pm ET

She said she sell state plane on e-bay, but I see her park a family owned plane in front of her personal house. So what is not good for the state is good for the number one citizen of the state.

Think about that.

Robert Ragels   September 13th, 2008 6:43 pm ET

Lies, lies, and more lies!!! Isn't the media tired of being lied to? We've had 8 years of lies. When is the media going to be "granted" a live interview with Gov. Palin? It would seem prudent to ask the next VP a few questions before she takes the oath? That is unless the media can say that her foreign policy experience of being able to see Russia from Alaska is enough to be the next Commander and Chief.

caron   September 13th, 2008 6:43 pm ET

Lately, they fudge the truth so much that it's hard to know when they really are telling the truth! Maybe it's really true, who knows.

Amy   September 13th, 2008 6:42 pm ET

When I was a child, I was so eager to appear well-traveled that I counted layovers in Chicago and Dallas as "visits" to those cities, hoping to impress my friends. I counted flying over the Grand Canyon as sightseeing there. I considered a train trip from RI to FL a good way to rack up even more states. A school trip to Arlington cemetery added VA to my list. Interesting that Sarah Palin employs those same juvenile techniques while running for VP.

Jeanine G   September 13th, 2008 6:42 pm ET

wow…I wonder which world leaders she spoke with at that Ireland refueling stop and I wonder if she came under "sniper" fire?

Padding the resume much?

mike   September 13th, 2008 6:42 pm ET

DOES THIS WOMAN EVER TELLS THE TRUTH!!!DOES MCCAIN CAMPAIGN EVER TELLS THE TRUTH,HAVNT WE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS CRAP FOR EIGHT LONG YEARS,YOU CANT BELIEVE ANYTHING THIS WOMAN SAYS.ONE THING ABOUT OBAMA HE NEVER LIES,BUT THESE PEOPLE LIE SO MUCH THEY ARE BEGINNING TO BELIEVE THEMSELVES,

Whole9   September 13th, 2008 6:42 pm ET

It's ridiculously short-sighted to inflate, embellish, or outright lie about foreign travel (and other items) that investigative journalists can debunk so easily. Isn't getting elected hard enough without damaging yourown credibility with these lies? Same goes for Obama-Biden…although there hasn't been very much myth-busting going on with that side of the aisle. Either they aren't telling lies or teh media isn't exploring them thoroughly.

Juan from L.A.   September 13th, 2008 6:41 pm ET

God the Republican Party pisses me off. They are the conservatives and the religious or righteous party, but its all the contrary. Such hypocrites and liars. Please wake up America. This lady is scary just being a step away from a 100 year old man who has survive cancer!

TyWebb   September 13th, 2008 6:41 pm ET

You can't spell Sarah Palin without L I A R.

Drew   September 13th, 2008 6:41 pm ET

shouldn't lies like this be front page news? really?

Remember Bush Again   September 13th, 2008 6:40 pm ET

I can't believe all you people who are falling for it again. These republicans are known for their tactics. You know the old saying; This party fooled you once, shame on them. Their fooling you again, shame on you. You didn't learn your lesson the last time, and your not getting it again. Coming from a middle aged, middle income, white woman, open your eyes and take the blindfolds off, stop looking at people because they're not the same color as you. This is the 21st century and we're the only country that is stuck on the color of your skin. Don't you know yet that God created all of us equal. If you can't accept that, then you can't claim to be Christians, can you?

Mike in WI   September 13th, 2008 6:40 pm ET

Haven't we heard enough lies, distortions and half-truths in the last 8 years? This is only the beginning America if McCain and Palin are elected. If we elect McCain, the lies will continue.

Defining moment   September 13th, 2008 6:40 pm ET

McCAin-Palin … two bridges to NOWHERE!!! Wake up America!

Obama-Biden '08/'12

Anonymous   September 13th, 2008 6:40 pm ET

LIAR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dennis   September 13th, 2008 6:40 pm ET

Wow, she landed in Ireland for fuel, can see Russia from Alaska, has stood on the border of Iraq, and vactioned in Mexico and Canada . . . how dare anyone say she's got no foreign policy experience.

Greg   September 13th, 2008 6:39 pm ET

Trust me!!!!!!!!! This bubble is getting ready to burst…….

Gerald   September 13th, 2008 6:39 pm ET

Real change is coming, and that includes being straight forward and honest with the American people.

Obama/Biden '08

Perla   September 13th, 2008 6:39 pm ET

Let the truth-telling begin in earnest. Voters should be very, very angry that they have been treated so deceitfully and manipulatively by McCain and Palin and their handlers.

Elections mean nothing if voters can't base their decisions on accurate information.

Shame on McCain, who used to be an honorable public servant. Shame on Alaska's Queen of Pork, too.

Brian   September 13th, 2008 6:38 pm ET

I as an Obama supporter actually feel sorry for this woman. First off I think she is an intelligent woman who has come along way in a short amount of time. I just happen to be the polar opposite when it comes to the issues. I do however find it troubling that she's receiving this crash course on foreign policy issues. It's like reading the quick cliff notes instead of the book. The only people she's receiving her information from are right wing people telling her their view. I would feel much more comfortable if she was working with and studying with a group of people with many viewpoints and thereby making her own mind on foreign policy. I think she is well capable of doing this and much more, but it would take more time than the 54 days left in the election. Shouldn't this give us all pause?????

J roll   September 13th, 2008 6:38 pm ET

Look at all the fluff they're trying put in her resume. They included a fueling stop as overseas travel…HA HA!! How pathetic.

iusemy3rdeye   September 13th, 2008 6:38 pm ET

Atfer the Palin interview on ABC anyone who votes for McCain/Palin and say they love this country gots to be a fool.

Drewinaz   September 13th, 2008 6:38 pm ET

Who cares, sounds like a bunch of bickering to me, blah blah blah

Doctor E   September 13th, 2008 6:38 pm ET

So now they're ADMITTING they lied?

How novel!

Al   September 13th, 2008 6:38 pm ET

That is probably just the tip of the iceberg. However, too much time is being spent focusing on Palin and not enough on the actual campaign between Obama and McCain. Let's face it, if McCain does get elected, he makes the decisions, not Palin. How often do we see or hear from a sitting Vice President? The last time I saw or heard of Cheney was when he was hunting last year. Let's say that McCain had picked Elizabeth Dole or Kay Bailey Hutchinson as his running mate, would he have the same standings in the polls as he does now? They certainly have a lot more experience. However, he choose someone very young with an attractive figure and looks who everyone has turned into a huge celebrity figure to distract the campaign for the past two weeks. The focus of the campaign seems to be Palin this and Palin that, yet the issues that matter don't seem to be getting center attention and it seems that McCain is hiding behind Palin and Obama is getting very little attention, and the issues that we need addressed are falling by the wayside.

veteran   September 13th, 2008 6:38 pm ET

Sounds to me like Obamas trip over there where he never visited the wounded but came close !

Mack   September 13th, 2008 6:37 pm ET

This matters how??? I am sure everyone will call her names, but she told the truth…just like the e-bay story..she told the truth and you guys make it out to be a lie by changing a few words. I am a democrat who is tired of the constant unfair attacks on McCain and Palin..

Vince   September 13th, 2008 6:37 pm ET

She's about as qualified to be VP as my cat, and that is insulting my cat.

Luc   September 13th, 2008 6:36 pm ET

Governor Palin:

is really phony: all package, ideology and ambitious competitiveness.
She has no substance and certainly almost no experience.

As a middle-age white woman, McCain's VP choice smacks me as patronizing to women and an insult to the many years — decades — of fighting for equal opportunities and non-discrimination for women.

Mr. Biden has a proven record of supporting women and families about these two issues, but no one talks about it!

Obama made the right choice and showed an excellent judgment, given the unsettling future that our country faces.

As American, I cannot stand opportunistic Judahs like Karl Rove, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby and company– who put themselves first instead of their country as we have seen in their exposure of CIA-agent Valerie Plame Wilson– a real woman combatant, just to mention one case.

A clear indication that certain republicans do not care at all about the United States of America and its people.

dblack06   September 13th, 2008 6:36 pm ET

man, what is wrong with the American people. Can we not see what is right before our eyes. Mcsame is using the biggest jedi mind trick on especially the american women. I served my countrty in the military, I am an independent that has voted for dem. and rep. alike. Yet this idea of these two scare the stripes off of my uniform. I pray to GOD that we don't continue down this path. GOD bless America, seriously.

The View has earned my respect for seeking facts from McCain   September 13th, 2008 6:35 pm ET

That's right! Stop being afraid of telling the truth McCain, and let the people choose based on facts. You're pretending to be honorable when you're proving to be far from that.

Melanie, Tampa FL   September 13th, 2008 6:35 pm ET

This woman lies so much, I'm not sure she's even been to Alaska. You can't believe a thing that comes out of her mouth or John McCain's for that matter. Their version of the truth is for the mooses.

Woman Voter   September 13th, 2008 6:34 pm ET

Lies, Lies, Lies Do people care about the truth anymore? My God and Gov.
Palin goes to church we cannot believe anything she say. She is just like
President Bush

John in Indiana   September 13th, 2008 6:34 pm ET

Why would anyone be surprised by this? Next we will find out that she has not even seen Russia from Alaska – her only other 'claim' to international exposure.

17 year old future politician   September 13th, 2008 6:33 pm ET

Wow…a lying trend..is this what we want for president?

The Cook   September 13th, 2008 6:33 pm ET

So basically Palin's foreign experience is a Mexico resort and a trip to Niagra Falls?

No McCain, Please   September 13th, 2008 6:33 pm ET

My, my, she lied. What a shocker! She fits in quite nicely with the Republican ticket – lie, attack, lie, attack, false outrage over nothing.

Debbie Morrow   September 13th, 2008 6:33 pm ET

I think the little trip Palin took last July, sounds more like she wanted a way (again) for tax payers to pay for her vacation, rather than anything else. Check the records and see how many of her hotel excursions (that included extra rooms for family members) were billed to her state. Do you really think in a VP position she will change? It will only make matters worse with a higher level of corruption.

Saul- Independent   September 13th, 2008 6:32 pm ET

I was excited about Palin's pick but day by day things she said are being exposed as untrue. I have been lied to fr the last eight years and such a paatern is very concerning.

Seth Sharon   September 13th, 2008 6:32 pm ET

obama barely went himself until he got pressured by the mccain campaign and the press. she wasn't even running for VP and went to all these places. it shows a little thing called 'being concerned'…

TrueDemocrat   September 13th, 2008 6:32 pm ET

who cares? Please stop spamming the news with Palin … unless you are also reporting about Biden.

EBC   September 13th, 2008 6:32 pm ET

CAN YOU SAY LIAR, LIAR PANTS ON FIRE!!

This woman is just a "judas" in a dress. She continues to lie every chance she gets.

YOU know what Republicans? IF this is the caliber of what you deem is QAULiIFIED to DECIDED YOUR FAMILY'S FUTURE and , God help us ALL!!

Jojo   September 13th, 2008 6:32 pm ET

Everything comes from McCain campaign is lie and lie and lie. I don't trust those people anymore.

Victoria   September 13th, 2008 6:31 pm ET

Republicans are Satanists!
Their hypocrisy stinks to the highest heavens…. They are a DISGRACE to christianity.

Billy   September 13th, 2008 6:30 pm ET

More lies from the McCain campaign.

Their campaign is borderline treasonous with all the lies they are telling America.

Sleepless in Colorado   September 13th, 2008 6:30 pm ET

That's pretty brave of her. They are exactly who we need in office I bet the same people who voted Bush-Cheney into office will vote for McCain-Palin. Good luck to us all because this country will be in a world of hurt if they win.

No McCain, No Way,No Palin!   September 13th, 2008 6:30 pm ET

So she saw a few airports and visited military facilities overseas. Big deal! Did she meet any people from the countries she visited? She claims that she has foreign policy experience because Alaska is a neighbor to Russia. That is preposterous and completely scary. As an American who has spent the last 10 years living in the Middle East, these countries have rich cultures. She might as well have gone on the internet and watched a virtual travel video for all she probably got out of her travels.

Lisa, MD   September 13th, 2008 6:30 pm ET

Wow

Douglas   September 13th, 2008 6:29 pm ET

"Earlier, campaign aides confirmed reports that Palin’s time in Ireland on that trip had actually been a re-fueling stop."

Palin, refueling America!

And BTW, she has *seen* Iraq from Quwait, like you can see Russia from Alaska.

Finley   September 13th, 2008 6:29 pm ET

SURPRISE, SURPRISE…McCain/Palin couldn't tell the TRUTH if their lives depended on it. Stop LYING!

Independent for Obama/Biden '08

David P, Santa Rosa, CA   September 13th, 2008 6:29 pm ET

Ha, h, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, lol!

Go McCain/Palin! Just keep doing what you're doing. Does Sen. McCain know anything other than how to implode? He's jus truckin' along and then, boom, he's gotta screw up.

As much as the republican base may hate us liberal whacko's, The McCain/Palin team are forcing those folks to take a hard look at Obama/Biden. At least these guys can run a relatively smooth campain with some discipline and the attempt of integrity (let's call it a concerted effort, undermined by others).

McCain absolutely picked the perfect running mate for himself. Both are self-cleaning, white-boards ready to wipe the slate at every whim of the "polled public." (Has anyone reading this ever been polled? I haven't found anyone this election cycle.)

Anyone know the response from the McCain/Palin camp re: the interview on "The View?" I'm sure he cried foul, taking his marbles and going to play elsewhere. OMG what fun this all is.

Jasmine in Germany   September 13th, 2008 6:29 pm ET

Palin is probably the least qualified V. P. pick in U. S. American history. She is a gimmick for the GOP campaign and is a symbol of how poorly McCain would serve us as President. We don't care if Palin went to Iraq, or not. Why does CNN bother to publish this (unless I missed another lie)? What we do care about is the sad state of our country and that the GOP is counting on the "stupid" mainstream voters on supporting them for more of the same deceitful politics that have insulted the integrity of our country for many years world wide. It's really sad that the McCain Camp has made so many direct lies, especially recently. We shouldn't be too concerned about the "corruption" of governments in places like Africa, when we've got a bigger case of it at home. Palin as Prez? There are millions of better choices. What a sick country . My God, what a joke.

j. eby   September 13th, 2008 6:29 pm ET

I'd like to commend the press for continuing to thoroughly vet Governor Palin, something the McCain campaign obviously didn't do. Thanks!

gerald   September 13th, 2008 6:29 pm ET

It seems that every time she or he open there mouth they lie about whatever it is there talking about,and I mean EVERY TIME,sad that they aren't called on the carpet EVER TIME they BS us, but that would never happen in this day and age,shame always thought it would only get better…WOW was I wrong…very sad days for the US

Fazio   September 13th, 2008 6:28 pm ET

It is incredible to see how McCain and company are stretching the true, exaggerating and flat out lying about the issues and Palin's background!

What ever happened to honesty and integrity of a military Officer? McCain is proving that he is nothing more than supporter of lies and falsehoods in an effort to dupe the American public. He must really think the American public are fools, idiots and willing to be lied to like stupid sheep.

He is wrong!

Artola   September 13th, 2008 6:27 pm ET

Lies, lies, lies I tell you. How many do we have to hear before we say ENOUGH? How can you trust someone who lies to you every single time they speak? She has told nothing but a string of lies every single day that she has been campaigning – EVERY SINGLE DAY. Now I expect to hear things exxagerated a little by politicians every now and then, but lies every day? And she's a Christian? You do know you have to do more that oppose abortions to really be a good evangelical. Is there one speech that she's given that isn't laced with lies? And McCain constantly defends and supports her? What kind of maverick is that?

Robert - Santa Rosa, CA   September 13th, 2008 6:27 pm ET

It may be easier to stop trying to catalog the lies and just list if they ever say anything truthful.

mushe   September 13th, 2008 6:26 pm ET

wake up America,if these people are able to lie like this at this time,imagine when they take white house,its not just more of the same but worse than the same

John Starnes   September 13th, 2008 6:26 pm ET

Enough about her…..we have yet to hear how John McCain actually plans on HELPING America, just the news that he was a POW.

Judy from Halifax, Nova Scotia   September 13th, 2008 6:25 pm ET

That's good news for McCain. Sarah is just a footstep away from being ready to serve as his go to person on Iraq. As soon as she gets the nerve to approach the border entry point and puts her painted toenails over the line, then McCain will have his Iraq policy expert !!

And she's already up to speed on Ireland having actually spent time on their soil at the airport, while the plane was refueling. Any problems in Ireland Sarah will let us all know she is ready to handle it, heck I bet she won't even blink.

Canada   September 13th, 2008 6:25 pm ET

Why is this an issue? Did Obama travel to many countries before he became a presidential nominee? I find so many negative things against Sarah Palin and I think it is because she is a woman. Sick American politics.

joe   September 13th, 2008 6:25 pm ET

I will like to see what they are gonna do now? lies lies I am so sick of lies

dianne   September 13th, 2008 6:25 pm ET

I feel like the republican Rove policies are alot like McCarthyism. I hope after McCain's deception and lies were revealed on 'The View' by Barbara Walters and the shows other host's that the supposed "real press" will do their jobs and expose McCains lies. Maybe McCain should have someone show him the internet so he can see that all the lies he tells can be checked on it? I used to think he was an Okay guy, but I think he is much worse than Bush!

Serving My Country, TX   September 13th, 2008 6:25 pm ET

How much longer will the McCain-Palin supporters tolerate the lies? Are they that thirsty to retain the whitehouse that they are willing to put their livelihoods on the line? Sure, vote for the repub ticket. For those of you at the lower end of the economic spectrum I sure hope you don't mind losing everything that you've worked your entire lives for if you haven't already under the current administration.

olier   September 13th, 2008 6:25 pm ET

If McCain and Palin were Penokeo their noses would stretch from Texas to New York. How can these people like so much and get away with it is beyond me!

Chris   September 13th, 2008 6:24 pm ET

Seems like par for the course to me…

Robert   September 13th, 2008 6:24 pm ET

So……lets see – Obama puts out an ad that claims McCain is not for equal pay for equal work…..well, let me tell you = Obama pays .80 on the dollar to his female staff at the US Senate vs the male staff doing the same job.

McCain pays his female staff 1.10 vs. the male's 1.00 on his US Senate staff. So Obama is once again the twister – and the liar about the record of John McCain.

So who is doing the sleezy now??? Obama – why??? because he is behind !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Marie   September 13th, 2008 6:24 pm ET

OOOOPs….I will correct my itinerary……but only after the exagerated truths emerge.

Stephy   September 13th, 2008 6:24 pm ET

now slow down! before people rush to conclusion and say she is inexperience in national security matters, she does live pretty close to Russia!!!!

Allen in Hartwell, GA   September 13th, 2008 6:24 pm ET

To many this may seem picky, but it is the tip of an extremely large iceberg of lies and deception from the GOP political machine. The GOP will and has done anything they deem necessary to trick the American public into voting to keep a GOP puppet in the White House.

Barbara   September 13th, 2008 6:24 pm ET

If Obama had lied as much as Mc Cainand Palin, the media would make a BIG DEAL out of it. Scarborough, Pat Buchanann and that "crowd"
would CRUCIFY Obama. Now, they will try to think of some SPIN to justify the Mc Cain LIES !!!!!!!!!

Just call Mc Cain "MC SLEAZY !!!!!!

Lyndon,CA   September 13th, 2008 6:24 pm ET

Irrelevant, America votes in black and white!

Tom in MD   September 13th, 2008 6:23 pm ET

I don't care whether she's been in Iraq or not, but I'm insulted by how loosely they've been playing with the truth to try to exaggerate her qualifications. This story goes right along with counting Alaska's proximity to Russia as foreign policy experience.

And yet the polls would seem to indicate people (especially "white women") are in love with her no matter how much BS the McCain campaign feeds us about her. Maybe, all along, Hillary was right in her charges of sexism and just wrong about who was benefiting the most from it.

Kent, Illinois   September 13th, 2008 6:23 pm ET

No surprise there……..another GOP lier……….when will the US learn?

Michael   September 13th, 2008 6:23 pm ET

Seriously! I have more foreign policy experience than this lady.

Chuck   September 13th, 2008 6:23 pm ET

She is as big a liar as John McBush!!!!

Lady   September 13th, 2008 6:23 pm ET

And the lies keep mounting.

Jack   September 13th, 2008 6:23 pm ET

Simply put, most of Palin's quaification claims are wildly exagerated or outright fabrications. What does this say about McCain's judgement? And why is the media letting get away with her lies?

MC711   September 13th, 2008 6:22 pm ET

SARAH PALIN LIED AGAIN.
WONDER IF SHE WILL HOLD A PRESS CONFERANCE TO CORRECT THE LIE.

Concern in Ohio   September 13th, 2008 6:22 pm ET

More reasons to not believe a word the Republican'ts are spewing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LIE LIE LIE SOME MORE   September 13th, 2008 6:22 pm ET

Of course she didn't, BECAUSE EVERYTHING THE REPUBLICANS HAVE TOLD YOU IS A LIE. JUST LIKE GEORGE BUSH LIED TO US ABOUT IRAQ. LIED TO US ABOUT THE STATE OF OUR NATION. THE REPUBLICANS DO NOT WANT TO LOSE POWER. THEY FEAR FOR THEIR FREEDOM AS MOST OF THEM BELONG IN PRISON OR SHOT FOR TREASON. PLEASE LIE SOME MORE.

AND YOU IDIOTS THAT BELIEVE THE LIES… YOU WILL GET WHAT YOU DESERVE. MORE LIES AND NO HELP. PULL YOUR HEADS OUT OF THE DIRT AND THINK.

IF CHANGE DOESN'T COME FROM THIS ELECTION. IT WILL COME FROM THE REVOLUTION THAT WILL FOLLOW.

James   September 13th, 2008 6:21 pm ET

Surprise. Surprise. Surprise.

-Gomer Pyle

James V Forney   September 13th, 2008 6:21 pm ET

The Republican Machine, as it is called, has manage to accomplish one thing, corruption of the American Electorate. More than at any time in the past, beginning with George W Bush, Karl Rove and the machine has set about corrupting the very processes we use to elect nominees to the highest office in the country. That is how we ended up with George W Bush, the most incompetant guy to ever hold the office of president. The mess we find this country, on every front, can be traced back to the swindling of the american public by Karl Rove and the Republic Machine. Now John McCain is uing the Machine to get elected and if he succeeds, I fear the country as we know it will cease to exist.

tj   September 13th, 2008 6:21 pm ET

What doesn't this woman lie about? It's just a constant barrage of ##*#* out of her mouth.

Ceedog   September 13th, 2008 6:21 pm ET

I have no idea why anyone thinks that Gov. Palin would be a good VP or the president. It seems to me that she is just cramming for a tough exam. She is beiing pimped by John McCLain. They are not even on the same page with the simple stuff. This man goes to the whitest [literally and figuratively] state in the free world and finds a female that most people have not even heard of and says " surprise, look who I found'. What a Joke!!!! I really understand how all this works now. The Republicans play on peoples fears, ignorance and emotions to win elections and when they do win, nothing ever happens.

bill   September 13th, 2008 6:21 pm ET

liar liar pants on fire better watch it pit bull palen you are about to implode even bush mccain caint lie that good

stanley m cosey   September 13th, 2008 6:21 pm ET

Her nose is starting to get longer and longer. I am just waiting to hear the lie to fix this one. She is proving to be a demon of deception.

Elvis Costanza   September 13th, 2008 6:20 pm ET

It just keeps getting worse, doesn't it? First, her convention speech, then the Gibson interview, and now all her lies and half-truths are coming out. So….The GOP opens the Rove playbook and picks a strategy of attacking the "liberal media", as though they should be cheerleaders and not journalists. Her interview with Gibson was a blatant recitiation of generalities and buzzwords she was coached on all week and he very gently busted her a couple of times. I'll wager it will be quite some time, if ever, before she sits down with any real journalist (sorry, but Foxed Up News does not qualify).

pat C.   September 13th, 2008 6:20 pm ET

WHAT AN EMBARRASEMENT FOR MCCAIN! he looks more like a fool everyday. i bet he wishes he had gone with one of his buds now huh? he was so foolish to jump on palin just to prove abama made a mistake not taking clinton….. lipstick on a pig still makes a pig!

Roland in St George, UT   September 13th, 2008 6:20 pm ET

And adding to her foreign policy experience, she's also qualified to be an expert on Russia because…Russia is Alaska's neighbor.

"After all, there are places in Alaska…islands…where you can look across and see Russia."

John McCain, you lost my vote when you picked this idiot. And I'm not sorry.

Rodger   September 13th, 2008 6:20 pm ET

Republicans don't know how to tell the truth! Same old game plan, lie, lie and keep lying…the dumb red-necks will believe it! The right wing bible thumping conservatives will believe anybody with a gun that is pro-life!

Nick   September 13th, 2008 6:20 pm ET

I don't really care if Palin visited Iraq or any other country for that matter.But I am tired of all the lies,distortions and snobbery.
LIES …..Earmarks, Governers jet, Bridge to nowhere.,
DISTORTIONS. …Obama is for sex education for children,Raising tax
SNOBBERY… Putting down community workers.
These are just a few.

Lorenzo Clemons   September 13th, 2008 6:19 pm ET

Cheat me fair and whisper lies to my ears…. I will follow you to the gates of hell! However, I will only do that after I follow you to caves that house the terrorist. Even after you tell me the plan to save the homes of hard working Americans. Maybe after you explain how we will improve education and how your VP does this "ear marke" two step all over America.

RNC   September 13th, 2008 6:19 pm ET

GOP is just shameless. I can't believe American people don't care about all these lies!!!

Judy, Ohio   September 13th, 2008 6:19 pm ET

Palin is more like Bush than McCain is. A new politician brought to you by Karl Rove productions.

Bill Mitchell   September 13th, 2008 6:19 pm ET

You have GOT to be kidding me. So she visits American Troops who are stationed on the border of Iraq (i.e., Our Iraqi Troops), and because she didn't physically step across the border into Iraq she is now LYING because she said she visited our Iraqi troops?

OMG, you liberals are desperate.

George   September 13th, 2008 6:19 pm ET

This isn't news. Everyone knows she just went to Kuwait.

Joe, Pomona, California   September 13th, 2008 6:18 pm ET

Is this governor even capable of opening her mouth without uttering half-truths and falsehoods?

Jill   September 13th, 2008 6:18 pm ET

She's been to Mexico? So has my two year old.

The McClone campaign is so saturated with lies that I'm starting to wonder if I have given McClone too much credit by comparing him to Bush.

ralph c   September 13th, 2008 6:18 pm ET

mcpalin pinokio needs his nose back. If americans are dumb enough to elect you two to the white house, then God help us all.

AW   September 13th, 2008 6:18 pm ET

Does it really matter whether she ventured the extra 15 feet across the border? The point is, she made a visit to the troops stationed on stand-by, just out out of the hot-zone, out of her own kindness. Barack Obama's trip only took place because of his desire to be president and to try to disguise his lack of experience.

Greg   September 13th, 2008 6:18 pm ET

Yes..yes…Mexican vacation….cancun! Girls gone wild! Now i remember..

Seattle Sue   September 13th, 2008 6:18 pm ET

Just one more lie from the great governor of Alaska. After listening to her for two weeks, I have come to the conclusion that if she said it raining outside, that I would have to go out and see for myself. She and McCain just can not be believed.

August   September 13th, 2008 6:17 pm ET

What new revelations will we discover about Palin. Everyone needs to do a lot of exploration early before the election for it would be a blow to the American spirit to have unfavorable revelations after she's in office and possibly ending up as President with a 72 year old President. We know Obama, We know Biden, We Know McCain, but this Sarah Palin! Who is she and why should anyone cast a vote to put her potentially in the White House as commander and cheif.

AMY   September 13th, 2008 6:17 pm ET

the skeletons are comingggggggggggggggggggggggggg!

Ms. G   September 13th, 2008 6:17 pm ET

Here we go again with the lying. What can people be straight forward? Shame on you pastors that are urging your congregation to vote Republicans because of the anti-abortion. Sin is sin! There is no degree in the eyes of the Lord. Lying is a sin. As I remember, God hates liars!

jay in CA   September 13th, 2008 6:17 pm ET

How can anyone vote McCain? The hypocrisy is astounding beyond level. for those voting mccain, I ask you, what are you voting for, not what you are voting against?

are you voting to overturn row vs wade? voting for no end in iraq? voting for the destruction of our planet and no plan to get off oil, foreign or domestic?

dont you see the hypocrisy when we tell other nations they cannot use nuclear power, for energy or weapons, yet he wants to rev up our nuclear programs while we hold the largest collection of nuclear weapons?

when john mccain lies, we all lose. buying his lies will be like buying enron stock. they will be worthless!

JohnS, North Carolina   September 13th, 2008 6:17 pm ET

Isn't this so much like what we've been going through the last eight years? Lies, embellishments, phony outrage, cronyinsm, doublespeak and you name it. Do we want four and maybe eight more years of this?

linton   September 13th, 2008 6:17 pm ET

Hmm!!, wyhat else is lying about? The MSM needs to get to the bottom of this woman. Of course, this will not be posted.
Talk about this on Monday not on a Saturday.

nesto   September 13th, 2008 6:16 pm ET

This woman has no grain of truth in her life. What a pity.

joe   September 13th, 2008 6:16 pm ET

Is there anything left in this campaign that Palin-McCain has not lied about? Wake up, people.

Va. Boomer   September 13th, 2008 6:16 pm ET

yeah…., Palin also was on the way to visit the moon when they had some trouble and had to turn around…., wait…., oh yeah, that wasn't her, it was the apollo 13 movie she was watching on the plane.
Did anybody inform her of that? Oh yeah…, her aides did.

R Wolf, Ventura, Ca.   September 13th, 2008 6:16 pm ET

I'm glad to see even Republicans are recognizing the extend of lies and misinformation coming from the McCain camp. They are so desperate to win they will do and say anything. Even in his appearance on "The View' , he lied straight faced to the hosts, as well as to the American people, when making his comment about Palin and earmarks. Is this who you want in your White House? He can't talk issues because he doesn't have any platform other than the failed Bush plans and she has no information on anything other than killing defenseless animals from her helicopter. They don't even agree with one another on issues such as stem cell research. They are quite a pair. Both liars, both unable to answer questions with honesty or knowledge, and both desperate to win at all costs.

Foreigner watching   September 13th, 2008 6:16 pm ET

LOL: this is a surprise ???????????

pmn   September 13th, 2008 6:16 pm ET

If these two are elected, the worst is yet to come.

kravitz   September 13th, 2008 6:16 pm ET

I hope they also explain why Tony Perkins and the racists who picked Palin will explain why they sold a certain blatantly racist product at their klan fest masquerading as a gathering of 'evangelicals.' Rather than lie about their connection to it.

sharcow   September 13th, 2008 6:15 pm ET

Just what we need. Four more years of LIES.

John   September 13th, 2008 6:15 pm ET

Does it count if the plane flies over a country, but doesn't land?

Adriana   September 13th, 2008 6:14 pm ET

Of course she was in Mexico and Canada,we know just like McCain supports free trade agreement with these two countries Palin also supports it.

Obama '08/ '12

Dawn   September 13th, 2008 6:14 pm ET

CNN, FOX and MSNBC are so busy lying on behalf of the McCain campaign, they are missing the truth.

Well America is paying attention and as much as you organizations that pretend to report unbiased news would like us to think that McCain and his sidekick are the new American change ticket we know the truth. NO THANKS TO YOU!

This election will not even be close! Can you spell landslide!!

Obama/Biden 08

Jude   September 13th, 2008 6:14 pm ET

After all the hype, this is what we get?…. LYING is not politics people. Citizens pay a price whenever we're caught in a lie. I don't see why this should be any different. Obama-Biden '08

Tim   September 13th, 2008 6:14 pm ET

So she never said she was in Iraq and now the press reports that her campaing confirms she was never in Iraq.

Riveting, just riveting. Keep up the good work.

Sarge in Florida   September 13th, 2008 6:13 pm ET

The witch is a LIER

Latina4Obama   September 13th, 2008 6:13 pm ET

She stated in her interview that there were few other VP's that had foreign relation experience. John Adams the first VP spent years in France as a diplomat!!!!!!!! Why is she constantly pulling at straws to no where. If she said hey I haven't done anything ok but why do the circus show. We aren't ignorant of our history or of what are needs are now.

Jan From Boca Raton   September 13th, 2008 6:13 pm ET

How many more lies are we going to catch this woman in?????

Samantha   September 13th, 2008 6:13 pm ET

This keeps getting better. I think the hope with the Republicians is if they repeat it enough times it makes it true. This tatic does work with some folks, but the rest just keep shaking our heads.

Wabigbear   September 13th, 2008 6:13 pm ET

Lies, lies and more lies. If it's not about Obama then it's falsehoods and stretching the truth for stories supporting mCCain or Palin. Why would I ever vote for a man who claims he's a straight talker and then lies to win. No thanks Senator

Marge Hibbing Mn   September 13th, 2008 6:12 pm ET

The MSM did not publish anything about obama giving free rock concerts, free beer and hot dogs at his speechfys in German and beyond. And it didn't tell that all his visits in Iraq were in an air conditioned tent. The MSM is again sexist sexist sexit…they fall down when reporting on obama and stretch the truth in lies when it comes to those running against him.

Edie Browning   September 13th, 2008 6:12 pm ET

Is no one catching on to this woman? Another Republican joke foisted on us for a leader? Didn't we learn the second time Bush was elected? Honestly, this is a bad dream.

John Ainsworth   September 13th, 2008 6:12 pm ET

This nomination is a disaster for the American people. John McCain, where is YOUR HONOR??????

David in Indian Wells   September 13th, 2008 6:12 pm ET

Using the same logic she has 'visited' Russia.

Did she visit Canada or 'visit' Canada?

Did she 'visit' Mexico or was she in San Diego?

Mr McBush needs to pull the Straight Talk Express out the ditch they drove it in last week. Do these people have any integrity?

Cyndi   September 13th, 2008 6:10 pm ET

The McCain camp keeps digging their own hole don't they? I think this is just too funny! So funny that they LOST my vote!

MR AMERICA   September 13th, 2008 6:10 pm ET

Don't forget the lie about selling the jet for profit when in fact it was a loss.

And the BIG lie with Charlie Gibson when she said that she gave command orders to the Guard to "Send help to other states."

Why can't they just be honest? Pathetic!!!!

Charlie   September 13th, 2008 6:09 pm ET

surprise, surpise another republican lie!

SHAME   September 13th, 2008 6:09 pm ET

this is unbeliavable.

Mary   September 13th, 2008 6:09 pm ET

This is amazing – she sat right across from Charlie Gibson and gushed about what an honor it was to visit the troops in Iraq – and now we find out she never went there? What a liar. And here's the what's more amazing – if she'll lie about this (which is a seemingly unimportant thing) – what else will she lie about? This is one woman who won't be voting for the female in the election!

Barbara   September 13th, 2008 6:09 pm ET

HITLER IN HEELS!

Sarah Palin's credentials are a joke. She is shown on CNN to be out and out lying about earmarks and the Bridge to know where. How can any decent republican vote for an out and out liar (and one under investigation for abuse of power)….unless you are as dishonest (and as racist) as she is. How can you vote for someone who would force a rape victim to go through with the pregnancy. How dare she or any other republican play GOD.

She reminds me of Hitler…someone who will lie with a smile while she stabs you in the front…and then tells you it's your fault.

I hope she and her husband go to jail for firing someone who finally had the guts to stand up for her.

Then maybe who ever gets to look after her children will actually bother to put their needs ahead of her own ego. Parading her handicapped child like a flag and flaunting her pregant daughter like a prize is disgusting. She's no christian…she's an opportunist.

Women you should be very afraid of this woman.

Anyone who's not white should be afraid of this racist person who called Obama "Sambo". How could anyone who calls themselves a christian think that gay people are deviant and in need of changing from God.

She's "HITLER IN HEELS".

Matt Damon is right.

Women and non-whites run.

Josh   September 13th, 2008 6:09 pm ET

What does everyone think should be the new McCain campaign slogan.

Pants On Fire '08

or

Lie to Your Face First, Country Last

Jake   September 13th, 2008 6:08 pm ET

Change… or more of the same…?

I think we know the answer here… unless you haven't stopped watching shadow puppets on the cave wall. Come out and have a look around and see what is REALLY happening.

Adrienne   September 13th, 2008 6:08 pm ET

There seems to be a pattern of distinct exaggeration and distortion emerging from the McCain campaign. It seems to be shaping their brand. The campaign of dishonesty. What a great fall from the days of old. Turd blossom's work, no doubt.

Vince Gardina   September 13th, 2008 6:08 pm ET

Palin proves again that she is not qualified to a President or a Vice-President of this country. She is a big mouth who throws out vitriole for political purposes and cannot and should not be considered as a vice-president behind a president who is 72 years old, had two major cancer episodes and is literally only 50% likely to live through his first term. She was mayor of a town of 9,000 receiving about 900 votes and a two-year governor of a state with a population of only about 625,000 (smaller than my county). We cannot and should not put this person in a position to be President of the United States.

Anonymous   September 13th, 2008 6:08 pm ET

When is CNN going to seriously (operative word) address the inconsistencies of this still unvetted nomination. In the efort to keep your ratings up you paint the picture of a close race and not address these very serious inconsistencies. Remember how we helped advance the arguments for war when the key points did not fit?. How patriotic. This is not a game CNN. Do the right thing. Country first humm.

Eric   September 13th, 2008 6:08 pm ET

What a liar. I know it's hard to keep track of ALL the places you've been when the list gets above 3.

Tim, Cincinnati, OH   September 13th, 2008 6:08 pm ET

Another attempt to smear Sarah. She never said she was in Iraq. Why are you doing this? You're just showing the bias of the liberal media.

Ridiculous   September 13th, 2008 6:08 pm ET

Will we ever get a straight story from this woman and her staffers? Everyday it is something new that she hasn't done. Is this the experience and credibility Republicans are standing behind? YIKES

Anonymous   September 13th, 2008 6:07 pm ET

And this is news why?

Lovely in VA   September 13th, 2008 6:07 pm ET

Liar, Liar, skirt on fire.
Just wait peeps, this is just the BEGINNING

cecil   September 13th, 2008 6:06 pm ET

BUSH LIED HIS WAY THROUGH THE WAR, ALL HIS NEOCONS LIED OVER AND OVER, THE MEDIA, ESPECIALLY FOX- FIX-NEWS, LIED AND SPUN FOR THE CONS … NOW McCAIN IS LYING THROUGH HIS TEETH TO STEAL THIS ELECTION, EVEN STEALING THE CHANGE THEME.

McCAIN IS DISHONORABLE MAN. HE MAKES FUN OF JANET RENO ABOUT GORRILLA RAPE…DISHONORABLE… WHERE IS THE MEDIA IN ALL THIS?

PUMA AND THE WHITE FUNDAMENTALISTS ARE HELPING HIM FINISH THE JOB OF RUNNING THIS COUNTRY DOWN THE TUBE…

Hank   September 13th, 2008 6:06 pm ET

They (McCain Campaign) are trying to sell more OCEANFRONT PROPERTY IN ARIZONA.

Rich in Michigan   September 13th, 2008 6:06 pm ET

Distort, make things up and lie that is all recent Republican Presidential candidates do — that is all they have.

Hillary Supporter   September 13th, 2008 6:06 pm ET

GO PALIN GO !!!!!
You are right, Obama does wish he had picked Clinton. Yet another poor premature decision by Obama. Obama is not ready to be president. He says he stands for change ??? How is Biden a change???

HILLARY SUPPORTER

GO MCCAIN/PALIN 08

sandee in Portland   September 13th, 2008 6:06 pm ET

So, big deal! Just another one of the mounting, enormous, ongoing lies from the McCain/Palin group. As a white, middle aged woman, I've been through many elections, but I've never seen such outright lying except during the Bush campaign. It seems like every election period gets dirtier and nastier throughout the years. You know, we voted for the guy (Bush) who ran a campaign like this and he won. Please, fellow Americans, decide this one on the issues, not likeability, gender, or if you want to have a beer with one of them. Good ol boys have run our country into the ground for the last 8 years. Let's show Washington we're tired of partisan politics.

John   September 13th, 2008 6:06 pm ET

if they are lying to us in this campaign, then why do you expect them not to lie to us if they become president and VP

greg   September 13th, 2008 6:05 pm ET

What's next? You can't believe anything that comes from her or the McCain camp. Nice example for her kids. Lie, lie, lie and it might get you the VP job.

Jim in Atlanta   September 13th, 2008 6:05 pm ET

Wow really cares what countries she visited? I can't believe the media is stooping this low. Where is the media scrutiny of Obama and his buddy Biden? Why did the media refuse to investigate Ayers, Rezko and Wright? The double standard is sickening. This really does tell you where the true feelings of those in the media lie.

Sue   September 13th, 2008 6:05 pm ET

she visited Canada? wow, that makes me wanna elect her VP!

Robert   September 13th, 2008 6:05 pm ET

Here come the Obamaites with their crap. Well, so she didn't cross the border…oops – but she do go see the injured troops! So Mr. Elite still doesn't have it on her! Just more trash from the Dems. See how they are now that they are losing? Expect their BS to get worse!

phil .c   September 13th, 2008 6:05 pm ET

but what i dont understand is this. all this millions shouting and supporting palin, why are they doing it? so if mccain dies tommr God forbids so she will be the next president? hahahahahahaha. america the land of unpredictability. may God help us. if obama was white he would have stopped campaigning and chill waiting for november bt bcos he is black, he got to fight it and push it and hope for the best.

Don   September 13th, 2008 6:05 pm ET

So what's the problem? If being able to see Russia from Alaska gives her insight into how to deal with the complex US/Russia relations, then she also saw Iraq and Ireland. So that covers the Middle East and Europe. I say she's ready!

Margaret   September 13th, 2008 6:04 pm ET

Sarah might want to know that Jesus was a community organizer Pontius Pilate was a governor.

Jone   September 13th, 2008 6:04 pm ET

Don't worry Obama/Biden, the truth will definitely come out one day. Christians, who always claimed to be followers of Christ in public are the very ones that will go all out to lie just to achieve their goals.
McCain/Palin bear in mind that your Christian values is at stake, and therefore beware of what you say to the American people.

brian   September 13th, 2008 6:03 pm ET

So she lied about this too? Wow, eBay-gate, troopergate, bridgegate, Iraq-gate…lies lies and oh here are some more lies.

Vote Obama '08 unless you like getting lied to and treated like an idiot.

KofTX   September 13th, 2008 6:03 pm ET

Lies, lies, and MORE LIES….

AREN'T WE TIRED OF OUR GOVERNMENT LYING TO US?!?

VOTE OBAMA/BIDEN '08

80' amabO   September 13th, 2008 6:03 pm ET

Lies, Lies and more Lies from the GOP

Liar   September 13th, 2008 6:03 pm ET

Sarah Palin is a SERIAL LIAR

Kevin in PA   September 13th, 2008 6:02 pm ET

It's ironic that the McCain camp waits until the day a major hurricane hits the country to admit one of the countless lies it continues to tell. That way it will slip under the radar. But I must say I love Obama willingness to fight back tough now.

Not as stupid as McCain/Palin think I am   September 13th, 2008 6:02 pm ET

Now that's a world traveler with some real foreign relations experience!

Mac   September 13th, 2008 6:02 pm ET

Yet another example of how politicians can lie in office and/or prior to the election and still remain in office/on the ticket. Where is the oversight? I say make it illegal for anyone in/running for public office to manipulate/lie about their experiences and their opponents'. Hold everyone, Republican and Democrat accountable! And while we're at it, make it so that a President can be recalled after he/she is elected it she does something opposite of what she said leading up to his/her election, or it becomes apparent he/she will not actually follow through on the words that got him/her elected. I'm tired of people lying to prove they're ready to serve and/or then lying again/not accomplishing anything while in office.

Roger Dunkelbarger   September 13th, 2008 6:02 pm ET

This is jus another in their series of lies. You just can't believe anything these people say.

McCain and Palin say they're reformers. Who are they going to reform? Themselves?

sidney from NEW YORK   September 13th, 2008 6:02 pm ET

LIE LIE LIE LIE LIE AND THE MEDIA WONT CALL THEM OUT ON IT YOU HAVE TO GO TO A BLOG AND READ .

IS IT THE GOP WE SHOULD BE MADE AT FOR THE LIE AND STATE OF YOUR COUNTRY OR THE MEDIA FOR NOT CALLING THEM OUT ON IT .

FREE PRESS IN 08 AND OBAMA FOR PRES.

Sue/PA   September 13th, 2008 6:02 pm ET

How many more Lies is this country going to accept from these two??? People wake up…we have already lived 8 years of an administration lying to us all. Do we really really want 4 more years???

WAKE UP

Apoo   September 13th, 2008 6:01 pm ET

Sarah Palin is a conniving, lying government bureacrat. She needs to tell us everything and stop with the empty promises.

If she is lying about her past experience now, can you imagine what she would do if she is elected Vice President?

Shame on you John McCain for picking a terrible person as a running mate.

CL   September 13th, 2008 6:01 pm ET

I'm good looking too, so all I need is 90 more credits towards my BA in journalism and a smooth mouthpiece and I can get nominated for vice-president, but darn I can't lie like that or have others lie for me and know it.

Oh c'mon America, to who much is given much is expected, don't you expect more!?!

el jefe   September 13th, 2008 6:01 pm ET

I can't wait how they twist this one: "We believe Sarah Palin is ultimately qualified to not only handle foreign affairs but to thrive in solving international crises. Why, just last year, Sarah and her international team flew to Ireland and dealt with a major energy issue – within less than a matter of hours – the problem was solved and she and her team was on their way, back home – to the country she loves so dearly.

Sue, MI   September 13th, 2008 6:01 pm ET

That's an easy question, Tommy! No, there isn't anything that the McCain isn't currently or won't in the future lie about!

s.positive   September 13th, 2008 6:00 pm ET

Liar liar pants on fire!!
Liar liar pants on fire!!
Liar liar pants on fire!!
Liar liar pants on fire!!
Liar liar pants on fire!!
Liar liar pants on fire!!
Liar liar pants on fire!!
Liar liar pants on fire!!
Liar liar pants on fire!!
She cannot be what she isn't

Palin the Truth hurts.   September 13th, 2008 6:00 pm ET

An Iraqui side border post? A fuel Stop? Vacation in Mexico . OMG…. :)

Am I Right?

According to Palin, If your raped by a geneticly Mentally Insane Attacker with Aids….You must have his child.??

Correct me if I'm wrong…

Please.. Wake up America.. !
This is too Important ..!!

Eight More Years of Bald Faced Lies???

Rich Vietnam TET 68   September 13th, 2008 5:59 pm ET

Sarah Palin will be a wonderful Vice President, she has more useful experience that both Joe Biden and Barry H Obama. Sarah has inspired me to activity work for her and Sen McCain this fall. In this dangerous time, with Russia attaching Georgia and theatening Poland and the Yukraine, we need strong leadership, not a community orgainizer ( agitator).

Roland   September 13th, 2008 5:59 pm ET

Yet another one of the McCain campaign's lies and distortions is exposed! i can't believe the race is as close as the pols say. Maybe it really isn't…

obama bin biden   September 13th, 2008 5:59 pm ET

Obama and his supporters are running scared over Sarah Palin's overwhelming popularity. They try and try to point to her lack of experience, yet they don't seem to notice it on their own candidate.

Obama is an empty suit, full of flowery speech. He is also arrogant and a wimp. Nothing that they find on Palin will even come close to Obama's long and close relationship with a racist and American-hating church.

Yes, Palin was mayor of a tiny town. Yes, she has being governor for close to 2 years, but at least she has done it. She has an amazing 80 percent aproval rating– the highest of any governor in the US.
What about Obama? A junior senator that voted "present" instead of "yes" or "no" numerous times??? Give me a break…. Where is his executive experience?

CNN, Please post!

cathy   September 13th, 2008 5:59 pm ET

Do they tell the truth about anything?????

Buck in NC   September 13th, 2008 5:58 pm ET

Lies.

Independent   September 13th, 2008 5:58 pm ET

Ooops!

robert   September 13th, 2008 5:58 pm ET

so many lies

Tosha-Atlanta, GA   September 13th, 2008 5:58 pm ET

The American people are sick of LIES, LIES is what got us into Iraq, LIES is why gas is so high. Eight is enough!!!!

Obama/Biden

Shyla   September 13th, 2008 5:58 pm ET

The McCain people are just totally shameless. Do they have an iota of decency or honesty? They are the lowest of the lowest scum. Everything they spout is nothing but lies.

aware   September 13th, 2008 5:58 pm ET

So?

Obama didn't visit the troops on his "meet the American Idol" tour in Berlin! And, he has no governing or foreign affairs experience at all.

Then, of course, there is the little matter of his being at th top of the democratic ticket not the VP spot.

But, we all know that Obama's resume is so tissue thin that he is a ridiculous candidate for president and so, it is easier for camp Obama to attack the new and rising star!

And, Obama's judgment in picking Biden and not Hillary for the VP spot was an arrogant, foolish blunder! :(

McCain/Palin 08! They will deliver the authentic reform Americans can believe in! And, they will do it with integrity! :)

mel from Ohio   September 13th, 2008 5:58 pm ET

When will the lies stop? When will McBush/Palin address the serious issues that we care about? When will the American people wake up? When? When? When?

Joyce, Kentucky   September 13th, 2008 5:58 pm ET

Are the wheels starting to come off? Hummm!

Abdul   September 13th, 2008 5:58 pm ET

Obama/Biden ticket will win this race by restoring the American image

MCcain/Palin will ruin this race by distorting the actual message!!!

SDunn   September 13th, 2008 5:57 pm ET

I'm so sick of the lies coming from this woman. The fact that the McCain camp can blatantly lie like this, not once, not twice, but many times in the past week already shows me that McCain is just like Bush. His Administration would be just as corrupt as Bush's and he would lie to us right in the face just like Bush did. He doesn't deserve the Presidency. If people vote for these frauds, they deserve everything that happens to them.

WHAT AGAIN   September 13th, 2008 5:57 pm ET

Do anyone get the feeling that Palin wasn't vetted properly nor was she honest with the question's that was asked during her ONE time seeing McCain, or do you get the feeling McCain told her the voters WOULD be stupid enough to VOTE for her anyway? As a professional woman with three kids, I care nothing about how many she has, when she get time for them or NONE of that……….that's her BUSNIESS, but her lies and the welfare of MY Country is my BUSINESS……This is not a PROFESSIONAL woman, this is a LYING professional.

Walter McGill   September 13th, 2008 5:56 pm ET

Now, will they hold her to the same standard as they did Obama?

AncientMariner   September 13th, 2008 5:55 pm ET

What else is new?
Lies, lies and more lies is the Republican mantra.

Just keep lying until u get caught and then come up with excuses
to cover your lies.

Doesnt even matter if your execuses are also lies.

Just lie and win, baby.

It works all the time with the gullible who dont see beyond skin color
and wedge issues.

sweetnik   September 13th, 2008 5:55 pm ET

How on God's green earth can any right minded individual tha has really paid attention to the last 8 years vote for ANY Republican administration. Please people, accept change and NEW possibilities….I have nothing against Mccain as a person ( I have love for our older generation), but I would like to see a brighter future for our children and we won't get it with Mccain-Palin ticket.

Paul   September 13th, 2008 5:55 pm ET

How many lies are the American people going to accept from the GOP? McCain and Palin are a complete disgrace.

Joshua, Los Angeles   September 13th, 2008 5:55 pm ET

CNN- Wake up and call a lie A LIE already!!
They're lying, and they will only get away with it if YOU let them.
The truth shall set you free!

Craig Kasnoff   September 13th, 2008 5:55 pm ET

And the lies just keep on rolling.

Hopefully enough Americans will start seeing that the McCain and Palin campaign is just about lies. The lies they tell about themselves, and the lies they tell about Obama.

And personally…I think the lipstick would look better on the pig.

Kisha   September 13th, 2008 5:54 pm ET

I find it interesting that the McCain/Palin campaign would lie about such sill nonissues. If they would lie about something like this, it make me wonder what else they are lying about.

David   September 13th, 2008 5:54 pm ET

So her landing in Ireland qualifies as a "visit"? Give me a break.
At least Obama tells the truth. I think I prefer honesty over Palin's extensive international experience.

liar liar   September 13th, 2008 5:54 pm ET

Have you ever seen the movie liar liar?…. Oops, I forgot, the trailers are being played everyday starring Sarah Palin and the RNC.

Pdigga   September 13th, 2008 5:54 pm ET

Looks like McCain-Palin continues to have some trouble with the truth.

Angela   September 13th, 2008 5:53 pm ET

She's had so few trips overseas you would think she and her staff could very easily remember where she went!!!!

Palin is no Hillary !! I am glad McCain nominated a woman, but her views are even more right wing than McCain's. She's got to be the biggest flip-flopper ever…changes her mind on earmarks, the bridge to no where that she was for before she says she was against it (even though she took the 300 million dollars anyway), says she never asked that any book to be banned even though she fired the librarian, etc etc etc etc

She has no credibility and she is the real flip-flopper.

Francisco Cardenas   September 13th, 2008 5:53 pm ET

In her interview she said she had been to Kuwait … but I wasn't under the impression that she had ever been to Iraq … so this news means nothing to me.

Tom   September 13th, 2008 5:53 pm ET

She took a vacation……….SO WHAT ???

PA Voter   September 13th, 2008 5:53 pm ET

Do we really even need to leave comments. This article speaks volumes for McCain's campaign…the Straightalk Express, huh?

jojodancer1119   September 13th, 2008 5:53 pm ET

There has to be a point where McCain-Palin have to be accountable for all of these lies. Why is she constantly boasting her resume only later to have to report that it was inaccurate. If any of us did that in a job interview we'd be toast!!!!

Obama-Biden 08!

Diana Ewing NJ   September 13th, 2008 5:53 pm ET

I don't understand why the lie…. These according to the interview were "Life changing moments" experienced by Palin, guess she got confussed with the difficult interview.

Concerned Canadian   September 13th, 2008 5:53 pm ET

Seriously why don't you just have a lottery to pick your president? Seems like it would be more impartial and fair then your current model. Heck, at this stage of things, it would be just as big of a joke too!

FAYE LV, NV   September 13th, 2008 5:53 pm ET

There is so much more to this Palin and more will be revealed.

Cindy, Texas   September 13th, 2008 5:53 pm ET

Palin is not relevant at all in this election. CNN should be ashamed of these boring coverage of her.

NoMcCan/Palin   September 13th, 2008 5:52 pm ET

Imagine that, another lie…Come on give CNN tell us something we don't know!

toohip   September 13th, 2008 5:52 pm ET

This is getting downright creepy. All politicians stretch the truth—but, generally have some awareness of potential fact checking. These lies are so numerous and blatant that Palin is sounding a bit like a pathological liar!

David in GA   September 13th, 2008 5:52 pm ET

every republican complained about Barack receiving to much coverage in the media – well everything is even now because this coverage on Palin is rediculous

PhillyGirl   September 13th, 2008 5:52 pm ET

Apparently the McCain-Palin strategy is based on their philosphy that you can fool enough of the people enough of the time to lie your way to the White House.

Erik   September 13th, 2008 5:52 pm ET

This is what she described as her "life-changing" visit to Iraq in her Gibson interview??? Spin this one, Rove.

Vickie   September 13th, 2008 5:51 pm ET

There are a lot of lies that will be uncovered by the McCain-Palin campain. This is why they don't want the press bothering them; they know the press will uncover all their lies. This is why they're always talking about Obama; to keep the attention off of them. But thanks to the great reporters we have in this nation, the cover will come off and all their supporters will look like idiots and feel betrayed just like the supporters of John Edwards.

Jason, OH   September 13th, 2008 5:50 pm ET

The Big Joke that is this Republicans ticket is continues…

Nancy   September 13th, 2008 5:50 pm ET

I think I should be the VP candidate. I've been more places than Sarah. But I can't see Russia from my backdoor, so maybe not…..

aughhhh   September 13th, 2008 5:49 pm ET

Liar, Liar! Amazing how the truth comes out. Bad choice McCain.

Debora, IN   September 13th, 2008 5:48 pm ET

John is not immortal, he could die. Then the country would be irresponsibly left with Sarah Palin, the joke of the century. Our fore fathers are turning in their graves.

Sarah is ready for a talk show, not the next President of the United States.

Think people, this is the real world, not Fantasy Island.

Vicki   September 13th, 2008 5:48 pm ET

Why should this be a big surprise!! As for a visit to Canada, I am a geography teacher and everyone knows that Canada borders Alaska. I would bet a vast majority of people from my state have visited Canada (it borders Canada as well). So what is the big deal.

When are the "untruths" going to stop!!!

ggggg   September 13th, 2008 5:48 pm ET

This Palinn person is the nastiest I have seen for a long time; She is a liar, and an insult for any woman who has some brain & dignity in her (unlike Palin, who has her brain in the lower parts, so it seems…) – How pathetic to play tough for the "big" boys – if it was only the poor wolves – maybe, but her cockiness is now in charge of the biggest nation in the world..???!!!
How stupid you must be to be impressed with a loud, screeching-voiced, pushy, will-impress-at all-cost PTA mother of the worst kind?

QG   September 13th, 2008 5:48 pm ET

How do you not know if you really went into Iraq or not? More McLIES?

Juan Carlos(Las Vegas)   September 13th, 2008 5:47 pm ET

Does Palin's husband have a job?

FrankSmith   September 13th, 2008 5:47 pm ET

The best criterion for becoming a Republican:

—–Simply be STUPID, and you qualify.

Oh, I need some advice:

I am a 60-year old plus man, and my wife who has been waiting for me to complete my studies is now 40 years old.

I have asked my wife that if she is not 25-years-old physically, I am leaving her for a beautiful 25-year-old queen I have just met (I told this young lady that I am 35-years-old).

Should I leave my wife because she has refused to be 25? I need your help folks!

vag not voting vag for the sake of voting vag.   September 13th, 2008 5:47 pm ET

can we just have the election now and get it over with? all these sarah palin stories make me want to hit something.

Jetty   September 13th, 2008 5:47 pm ET

Palin should continue to flip flop for on key issues that matter to the Americans for that is exactly what the Straighter Talker did to get the GOP nomination.

Funsholo   September 13th, 2008 5:47 pm ET

MORE LIES.

I am really puzzled that AMERICANS can be deceived by these folks. I am from a third-world country, but this political climate has really taught me a lot about Americans!

You can sell anything in this country if you know how to lie, and when you are caught lying, there is something call SPIN. The most surprising thing to me is how the so-called Christians in America are also deceived. BIG SHAME

Just Me   September 13th, 2008 5:47 pm ET

Oh?……………………. Did she LIE?

Isn't she a christian?

Let's see………………

1. Lying
2. Stealing (Trying to steal Obama's change concept)
3. Fornication (She's pro-life but it's okay if you commint fornication.
4. Absentness (It's okay to have sex……..just don't protect yourself.
5. Deceit (Trying to dodge questions by Gibson)
6. Arrogance (Belittled community workers.)
7. Family Neglect (She didn't discuss with her family whether to take the VP position. She immediately said YES!.

WHEW! She's quite a trooper.
OH! TROOPER! Didn't she have her ex brother in law fired?

A real thinking female in America that refuses to be brainwashed by the incredibly stupid right   September 13th, 2008 5:46 pm ET

Is any "thinking" person really shocked? Lie after lie after lie, just like the whole McCain campaign.

CNN please, please continue to report the lies and distortions this radical campaign is raging!!

Please do not let them dumb down America anymore than it already is, courtesy of Carl Rove and the failed Bush Administration.

Ron   September 13th, 2008 5:46 pm ET

Obama made a whirlwind tour of a few countries exchanged pleasantries with some heads of state and that makes him an experienced diplomat. they now know, that Obama likes to hear himself talk and in a situation, all they have to do is pretend, to lean towards his philosophy and let his ego do the rest. he is ready made for Russia or the middle east negotiators who love nothing better than to lie and mislead the USA and Europe on the other hand they know nothing of gov. Palin except she is one though cookie.for the record and to keep things on an even keel maybe it's time to get the dirt on obama into the open, he sure has no problem dragging Palin in it

ANY LIE IS OK.....   September 13th, 2008 5:46 pm ET

GOD HELP US……………THIS WOMAN DOESN'T NOT REPRESENT THE SAME GOD I SERVE!

LIES, MORE LIES, MORE-MORE LIESLIESLIESLIES

PLEASE WOMEN THINK HARD ABOUT VOTING FOR A WOMAN THAT LIES ABOUT SERIOUS THINGS THAT WE DESERVE TO KNOW.

John, Chicago   September 13th, 2008 5:46 pm ET

The tip of the iceberg is showing. For interesting reading, check out today's New York Times story on the way Ms. Palin runs Alaska – she out-Bushes Bush.

John McCain didn't pick someone who can be president; he picked someone who could help him win an election. That's why, everywhere he goes, Sarah Palin or Mrs. McCain is with him. On his own, he just can't get it done.

He wants to win in order to just win. It appears Mr. Obama wants to win in order to do something.

Barbara   September 13th, 2008 5:46 pm ET

How can anyone believe this woman. Has she said anything that is true. She has embellished and distorted her entire record and left out the sleezy parts. She is so scary.

Who cares what Palin thinks   September 13th, 2008 5:46 pm ET

Liar.

georgia   September 13th, 2008 5:46 pm ET

These people wouldn't know truth if it stood on their toes !
They fit well w / McSame-McShameless !!!

Pete   September 13th, 2008 5:46 pm ET

It seems that the last truthful and decent person to represent the republican party was Gerald Ford. The republicans genuflect to the memory of Reagan, but what about the Iran/Contra scandal, the illegal alien amnesty program, firing the air traffic controllers and the tremendous ballooning of the budget deficet? Go ahead, google and graph the budget deficet from 1950 on and see who spent money that we didn't have. By the stated standards of the republican party, Nixon, Bush the elder and Bush the stupid are tremendous failures. McCain is more of the same and wants this presidency so badly that he has forsaken his honor and ethics with a win at any cost strategy. Whatever kind of man McCain once was he stopped being that man long ago.

Eileen from Maine   September 13th, 2008 5:45 pm ET

A Palin spokesperson also confirmed Saturday that the governor had visited Mexico on a personal vacation trip. She has also visited Canada

I wonder how effective she will be dealing with world leaders.
I'm sure Putin will be impressed with her constant mindless lying.

Perhaps Hillary said no to VP offer   September 13th, 2008 5:45 pm ET

CNN – let's ask John McCain how many days it's been since Sarah Palin last visited Iraq. O, I forgot – she's never been.

John, Chicago   September 13th, 2008 5:45 pm ET

The tip of the iceberg is showing. For interesting reading, check out today's New York Times story on the way Ms. Palin runs Alaska – she out-Bushes Bush.

John McCain didn't pick someone who can be president; he picked someone who could help him win an election. That's why, everywhere he goes, Sarah Palin or Mrs. McCain is with him. On his own, he just can't get it done.

He wants to win to win. It appears Mr. Obama wants to win in order to do something.

Kentucky   September 13th, 2008 5:45 pm ET

Sounds like more sniper fire

OBAMA SUPPORTER   September 13th, 2008 5:44 pm ET

Please tell this a heart beat away lady to stop telling lies!!!

Daniel Yazvac   September 13th, 2008 5:44 pm ET

I have commented on numerous article on many occasions, and have never seen one of mine ever published.

But after reading this I feel compelled to try once more.

It seems that very little about Sarah Palin and her reported experience(s) are accurate and not obscenely inflated. I am amazed at how quickly American's wanted a "darling" and have been simply flabbergasted by how easily they've been "pulled in." Seems like we've so desperately wanted someone we could rally around and feel good about that we are willing to believe and accept anything/everything we're being told.

I, for one, am not buying.

Ms Palin seems like a very nice person and a charming individual. I would readily welcome her as my neighbor – but I am not quite ready to make her the "President of the United States."

Mandi   September 13th, 2008 5:44 pm ET

Hmmm…why would Palin lie about having visited our troops in Iraq? Obviously, she wanted to inflate her desperately thin resume. Trying to capitalize off of the hard and brave work of our troops is absolutely unforgivable! Palin's lie just lost McCain my Republican vote.

Jan in the 'live free or die' state   September 13th, 2008 5:44 pm ET

The lies and payoffs are mounting; yet the GOP believes itself to be above scrutiny of the press and the public. If the GOP has its way, it would take away the freedom of the press or at very least, control it. As a registered Republican, I am totally disgusted with the corruption my party embraces by twisting facts and flat out lying. We used to be a party that cared about moral values and holding onto American traditions. It is evident that big corporations rule the party. To go against the grain is to fall out of grace. The Democrats have a tactical advantage they do not know how to expand upon and most likely will fail. This will prove that the GOP is better suited to lead; but at what cost to every honest working person?

Mary Anderson   September 13th, 2008 5:44 pm ET

I still can't believe what she said to the soldiers as to why they are going to Iraq, including her own son.She is so impressed with her own importance. Ignorance is bliss unless you are the one in charge, then ignorance is dangerous.

Annie   September 13th, 2008 5:43 pm ET

Wow… doesn't it ever occur to Sarah Palin that she should provide correct information about her resume, governing and travel? She allows her to campaign create speeches, commercials, and talking points that contain misleading information and/or outright lies. Does she really think the American people will not find out the truth?! She could at least fill in her own side about the problems with some of her stories before they then repeat those ridiculous stories that she knows are blatantly false. This is beyond silly season! It's like "Where's Waldo" with her, only we are always looking for the truth!

Mrs. Independent   September 13th, 2008 5:43 pm ET

Seem like the straight talk express has been derailed.

Bri   September 13th, 2008 5:43 pm ET

Not suprising…McCain + Palin=ONE BIG LIE!

America please do your math and DO NOT VOTE THESE TWO INTO OUR HIGHEST OFFICE!

jg   September 13th, 2008 5:43 pm ET

I cant believe people are still buying Palin!? this propped-up political puppet is having her history and words written and read to her so she can go out AHEAD of Mccain, like a mascot, diverting the real issues that the Repubs still have not addressed. The Dems may be throwing "wish-bones" to the public (as politicians always do) but the Mccain -Palin duo are just throwing out exaggerations , lies and slander. Im sorry Hilary did not get the nomination but LADIES PLEASE!!! is this reallly who you want to RUN the country??? Run it into the ground is more like it….

Don't Vote For Hate   September 13th, 2008 5:43 pm ET

Has she ever told the truth about anything?? Anything at all?

Seriously —- Other than the "My name is Sarah Palin," and given the avalanche of lies she's been caught in, I can't even be 100% sure that was true!

Denise   September 13th, 2008 5:43 pm ET

McCain is a JOKE!! I cannot believe people are voting for this man. he lies everytime he opens his mouth

Wil Smith, Jackson, MS   September 13th, 2008 5:43 pm ET

Man!!!………………Everytime Palin opens her mouth it turns out to be a lie, She is a lier and no way should be in power of this country. Americans want to trust their leaders, that's all McCain talks about but his running mate Palin is nothing but a liar. I DO NOT TRUST McCAIN NOR PALIN to run this country, they are lying already to the people, no honor, nor respect. they think we all are fools.

Laura   September 13th, 2008 5:42 pm ET

I just don't understand my fellow americans…. After the last eight years of this president with John Mccain right beside him (so he could aspire to be president) and the situation of the economy, the wars, the corruption, they are going to vote for this man…. A republican through and through?

What's going on…for years we hear how we want a campaign on the issues but the negative campaigning that the Mccain lobbyist is leading is actually working? Lies trumps everything else?

And now women are falling for this Palin Crap? I can honestly say that if the republican's win again because of people that do not want to get informed and that they would rather vote against their own self interests and the interests of the country like they did with Bush…then you know what, when the economy is even worse.. when we are in more wars because of a warmongorer like Mccain, don't complain… you had the chance and you blew it…..

Some beacon of hope this country is…. Lie, smear, destroy and you too can be president of this country…. perhaps it's real, our choices reflect what this country is really about…. and it seams to be about being ignorant fools who let themselves be conned not once, twice but three times…

Huh!!!!!!   September 13th, 2008 5:42 pm ET

Just a lier and the pub brand is ok with it.

jdm   September 13th, 2008 5:42 pm ET

What? Really, WoW!
I wander how many women want people to think they are like this?
She really dosen't represent women that I know.
I know strong women, but they don't allow men to tell the world who they are. They do it themselves.

Time to Pay the Piper Palin   September 13th, 2008 5:41 pm ET

Palin the more I get to know little of you the more secrets and lies are exposed. I can see why the McCain camp is so bent on limiting your press interviews. This is ridiculous here we have a candidate running for 2nd in command possibly President and its very few details we as the public know, and when it is to be revealed it turns into a lie. I'm sorry as a first time voter and some many I know can allow to vote for the McCain – Palin ticket. She should not worry about Obama regretting to have chose Hillary it appears McCain needs to regret in picking you as his running mate. From the Obama supporters in FL our hearts and prayers go out to our fellow Americans affected by the terrible Hurricane Ike. God Bless!

Obama / Biden '08
No Way, No How, No Win for McCain / Palin

WITHHELD   September 13th, 2008 5:41 pm ET

another lie by palin/mccain ticket, oops i mean mccain/palin ticket

Fraser   September 13th, 2008 5:41 pm ET

Mc-Cain-Palin,

Liar, liar, pants on fire…

out of work   September 13th, 2008 5:41 pm ET

one more lie, they are starting to add up. Who wants liers in the white house ?. Please hold your left hand up , I swear to nottell the truth so help me god.

Democratic Observer   September 13th, 2008 5:40 pm ET

Lies, lies and more lies!!!!!

Not this time. The stakes of this election are too high. Not this time…

Daniel Yazvac   September 13th, 2008 5:40 pm ET

It seems that very little about Sarah Palin and her reported experience(s) are accurate and not obscenely inflated. I am amazed at how quickly American's wanted a "darling" and have been simply flabbergasted by how easily they've been "pulled in." Seems like we've so desperately wanted someone we could rally around and feel good about that we are willing to believe and accept anything/everything we're being told.

I, for one, am not buying.

Ms Palin seems like a very nice person and a charming individual. I would readily welcome her as my neighbor – but I am not quite ready to make her the "President of the United States."

No to Palin   September 13th, 2008 5:40 pm ET

Wow! So far I don't see a straight answer. I think I am going to read the Gibson-Palin interview transcripts and see how ofter she flip-flops!

Michelle In Philly   September 13th, 2008 5:40 pm ET

I was just wondering why the news media hasn't mentioned Obama's ad attacking McCain for being out of touch, you know the one..the one that states he doesn't know how to use a computer.

Well I was just wondering why no one has bothered to mention that the reason why Mr. McCain can not use a computer is that the poor man was a prisoner of war and was so hurt and mangled that he can't use is fingers to comb his hair let alone type anything.

Where is the media's outrage in this? And you know what? Great for Barbara Walters and the view for those heated questions towards McCain, but um when is anyone in the media going to drill Obama in that way? Can someone tell me?

White-African(born there) American Military BRAT   September 13th, 2008 5:40 pm ET

Just WHAT do you people EXPECT from the Republicans.

ALL they have known for the LAST 8 Years is LIE, LIE, LIE….

THATs the ONLY thing they know how to do.

The Republicans have run this country into the dirt. McSame/Palin will bring the US NOTHING but certain DEATH.

Travis   September 13th, 2008 5:40 pm ET

The liar is still lying I see…..Ms Pain quote" yes I have been outside

Alaska,…..Canada, Mexico Iraq……HELLO……Mexico on a holiday, and

NEVER IN IRAQ…the Repubs stop lying to bolster her internatiional

experience….Oh my mistake….Cindy said…quote "didn't you

know Alaska is close to Russia?"

IMAGINE WHAT OTHER LIES SHE HAS TOLD.

BARBARA   September 13th, 2008 5:40 pm ET

PALIN IS AS BIG A LIAR AS MCCAIN. WHAT SHAME TO HAVE FOLKS LIKE THAT ACTUALLY RUNNING FOR HIGH OFFICE. JUST UNREAL!

Larry, TN   September 13th, 2008 5:40 pm ET

Give me a break, she's visited Mexico and Canada. What American hasn't visited Mexico and Canada. Next she'll be throwing in the Carribean.

Not ready for prime time–let's get serious people.

Obama/Biden 08

Sam H. Cole   September 13th, 2008 5:39 pm ET

AS BEST I CAN TELL, PALIN HAS MADE SOME MISTAKES. I DO BELIEVE THAT SHE WILL MAKE A GOOD VP. I BELIEVE THAT SHE HAS WHAT IT TAKES TO GET THINGS DONE. IF YOU SEND JOHN AND HER TO THE WHITE HOUSE, IBELIEVE THEY WILL DO THEIR VERY BEST, TO BRING ABOUT THE CHANGE WE NEED. I HAVE NEVER VOTED THE GOP TICKET, BUT I WILL THIS TIME.THANKS AND MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA

PALIN=G.W.   September 13th, 2008 5:39 pm ET

Bush, Cheney, Rove, Hannity, Ann Coulter, Rush….THEY ALL LOVE HER!

What does that tell you about her…when Evil flocks to her cause and defense.

RAY   September 13th, 2008 5:38 pm ET

too bad,"Birds of the same feathers flock together". what else do we not know. McSame& Palame 08

Dorian in NC   September 13th, 2008 5:38 pm ET

YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING??!!

If you vote for McCain, you can only be (1) Feminist Extremist, (2) Racist, (3) Out of Touch with the REAL America, (4) or truly unintelligent!

This is just pathetic…He truly sounds like Bush in the making!

Pale-IN-comparison   September 13th, 2008 5:37 pm ET

Really??? Big freaking surprise that the republicans lied.

Jeremy   September 13th, 2008 5:37 pm ET

How many lies can one campaign tell???

Sarah   September 13th, 2008 5:37 pm ET

Both McCain and his running mate keep telling obvious lies to the american people. The press should keep asking for open access to ask questions of her.

Maura, IN   September 13th, 2008 5:37 pm ET

There are just too many unanswered questions about Sarah. I'm still on the fence, but leaning heavily towards Barack Obama.

Tray in STL   September 13th, 2008 5:37 pm ET

Yes I am for Obama, but I've sat back and didn't go after her once she was named. I didn't like how it was done to Obama so i didn't do it to her. But now were seeing things that just isn't good coming from a man that all of us would've said a GOOD man. Some say you have to do what you need to do to win but some of this is just dum. In the end all things come to light and this is a small thing you didn't need to lie about but as all of us have been told if you lie about something small you will for something BIG.

We've been there before and look where we are! I just want to ask something of all what did you think when we all saw that Hillary was being shot at and she was lying. WHAT DID YOU THINK? WAS SHE LYING? AND NOW WE SEE THIS WHAT DO YOU SAY?

WRONG IS WRONG CAN YOU SAY YOUR GUY IS WRONG WHEN HE IS? and if you can't how do you look at yourself or your child in the eye?

Barbara CA   September 13th, 2008 5:37 pm ET

Why lie?

We are not looking for lies or fairy tales, we want the truth. If we are not told the complete truth by a candidate, after a while most people will just stop listening to them. All these lies prove that they must not respect our own intelligence or our common sense.

MO   September 13th, 2008 5:37 pm ET

Just a reminder that this woman has no business being in the white house.

Tanja Gillam   September 13th, 2008 5:37 pm ET

This is just another in a long line of “Pants on Fire” statements the Republicans have made in the course of this election.

Well folks it looks as if the “Straight Talk Express” has broken down in Alaska and will not be up and running until after the elections.

Sorry, but there will be no refunds, however we can offer you an exchange, Senator Obama the real candidate for change.

Yes We Can!

zina   September 13th, 2008 5:36 pm ET

Why have they been lying? This just makes it worse.

I've had enough of them…

Elliot   September 13th, 2008 5:36 pm ET

Surprise Surprise, another lie.

Akanni   September 13th, 2008 5:36 pm ET

1.Obama promised he would take public funding … but he did not.
2.Obama claimed he would stand against FISA yet… he spruned his supporters and voted for it.
3. Obama claimed he did not visit the troops in a hospital because he was not allowed to… but sources said they never stopped him, they just told him he could not bring in the cameras.
4.The Cuba embargo In January 2004, Obama said it was time "to end the embargo with Cuba" because it had "utterly failed in the effort to overthrow Castro." Speaking to a Cuban American audience in Miami in August 2007, he said he would not "take off the embargo" as president because it is "an important inducement for change."

The list goes on and on …. so how stupid is it to pick a fight about lies when Obama tells the most lies of them all.

Chris W.   September 13th, 2008 5:36 pm ET

Nice…..Good pick GOP! :-)

Irish   September 13th, 2008 5:36 pm ET

Here we go again. Half truth or lie. Sarah Palin 'refueled' in Ireland. She has never visited the country. If she did and if she had spoken to the Irish people, she would have found out they are very excited about the possibility of an Obama presidency. They are a very politically aware people and no way, no how would they consider someone with Palin's lack of intelligence, world experience, or analytical thinking skills suitable to hold any public office. She would not even be able to hold her own in any political debate in any pub in the country.

David   September 13th, 2008 5:36 pm ET

Like people are surprised that Palin lied. Palin has a lot to answer to, but the McCain people wont let her talk to reporters. Why?

1 She claims that she was against the bridge to nowhere, but she was for it before it was unpopluar
2 She said no to the bridge to no where, but kept the earmark money that was for the bridge to no where. Some Maverick
3. She said that she stood up to Ted Stevens, yet as Mayor she spent taxpayer money to fly to Alaksa to Washington DC to lobby for pork barrel spending that Ted Stevens wanted, which some of that pork barrel spending went to Wasillia while Palin was Mayor
4 Troopergate

Wake up people, Palin is another G W Bush, just like McCain. Do you really want 4 more years of G W Bush? That is what you will get with a McCain-Palin Administration.

Bryan   September 13th, 2008 5:36 pm ET

wow

Tracy   September 13th, 2008 5:36 pm ET

This is sick. The Republicans are dangerous. If Americans vote Republican this election (a vote for Palin and the crazy man that added her to the ticket) the country is sicker than I imagined–and that's pretty sick right now.

joyce   September 13th, 2008 5:36 pm ET

SARAH
why in the hell does your husband stand on stage behind you at ever speach, it is sick for cindy to do it now two of them, who is minding the kids. all about family
girl your kids need you. so go home enought lies and enought bashing. so knock it off why you are still governon of a small state
who is dammed if they cross you you leave there long enought they will get brave and you will loose control you will never be vp or pr-.

please post this cnn,you never do

Rita, MO   September 13th, 2008 5:36 pm ET

She looked fearful in the interview. It really was a deer in the headlights look. I don't mind her vying for the office of VP, I do mind her pretending to be ready.

Thanks for the interview, but the GOP can't really be serious about this woman.

I will cast my vote for Obama and Joe.

kaya.independent.   September 13th, 2008 5:35 pm ET

I don't trust anything that she says, period. Or McCain for that matter. They are both liars and the American people need to realize this before it's too late.

Dave   September 13th, 2008 5:35 pm ET

Shocker! You mean the McCain campaign has been stretching the truth again? It's only a matter of time before people wise up to this bogus VP choice.

Jim in Raleigh   September 13th, 2008 5:35 pm ET

Why are we NOT surprised! To play off an old commer